It's difficult to say which of the opening novels of these series I prefer. This one was shorter, or felt quicker, and had less in the way of viewpoint variety than [b:Children of Chaos|53545|Children of Chaos (Dodec, #1)|Dave Duncan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312062477s/53545.jpg|1894796]. The building of the speakers' levels reminded me a little of the Pandemia words, though necessarily truncated and sped up.

I liked how events were gone over several times with different characters, from chapter 30 it really built well. I did see the climax coming, if not in victim then certainly perpetrator, but Wulf's discomfiture after the death was very emotionally good and promises more fascinating things to come.