I'm far from the place and person I was when I first started reading about these characters, and yet no matter where I am or what I'm doing, I find myself hooked back in with the simple opening of a book. I wondered about this one, partly because there was a regular shifting of viewpoints, and partly because I saw the end coming quite a way off which is unusual. And yet I still delighted in the language, the intrigue, and the actions of a character who still clings to being a hero in my mind, for all his faults and failings. I like him, and reading about him is something that I can never imagine getting old.