Starts off well but declines precipitously once our merry band leave the Sanctuary. The world-building is inconsistent as is the narrative voice as is the writing, the pacing... Here's a question: you have your wunderkind draw up a battle plan for defeating an enemy city. Before you can execute the plan, the wonder child runs off to the enemy city: do you proceed with your battle plan or draw up a new one? I mean, come on! Perhaps I'll read the next one; purely to see if the author reveals what Cale found in Lena's stomach.