Though this book felt longer than it actually was, the threads are coming together with Duncan's typical aplomb. the perspective shift to kade, though short, was very impressively managed. The demonstrable nature of rap's task handed down from an authority figure (not a God but a sorcerer this time) is also quite typical Duncan, though the series isn't over yet and mysteries are bound to await us. we end on a Recessional, after all. next?