Rating

★★★★★

Category

fantasy

Read

2026-04-03

Pages

685

More interesting and varied characters than previous trilogy. Another cracking plot. Two of the most loathsome characters I’ve ever read, and some well flawed heroes.

Great grandma had sailed the Vivacia for thirty-five years, past her seventieth birthday. One hot summer day she had simply sat down on the foredeck, said, ‘That’ll do, boys,’ and died.

A true priest of Sa had little use for guilt. Simply to suffer the discomforts of guilt did not indicate a man had improved himself, only that he suspected he harboured a fault.