Absolutely fantastic. I devoured the final chapters. As usual the book takes it's time setting up the different story arcs rather slowly. This time featuring mostly characters already known (Kalam, Apsalar, Quick Ben, Karsa, Tavore, Fiddler, Pearl, Trull, Icarium, Cotillion - getting more active with each successive book). After two thirds the story picks up pace and ends with a grand finale in Malaz City. Open ends there are enough - hopefully my favorites survived that last chapter - and I am looking forward to the next four books.