I was first introduced to Hawke with the incomparable sorcerer series, and while none of the other material of his I've read has topped that, most of it has been pretty good. I am struggling with this one, though.

The idea is quite a novel one and the characters and setting work well, but something didn't quite grip me. I found myself reading and drifting, coming back to it then, before I quite realised, the story was all over and everything had happened.

Still there's plenty of leeway for a sequel or two, so I'll probably pick at those at some point and see where things go.