I enjoyed this more than the second, some of the fun was back in the world, and though things were more dangerous and deadly for our hero there was also a lightening of things, after the great battle ending book 2.

The power behind the king is very nicely done, although one does wonder at the convenience of mysterious wizards surviving as well as Mort. I suppose they spice things up considerably and "our" wizard still leads the pack on balls. And stupidity...

I still like Manning's pricing structure and now I know there are more coming I'm waiting willingly for the next!