Good writing, intricate, new ideas on magic and vassalage and dedication - I really do love that! I listened to it on audiobook and my only let-down is... it suffers from the Dan Brown thing - everything seems to be the very greatest, swiftest, most powerful,... nothing really to build up to afterwards. It could be the melodramatic voice of the reader. Then again, stories about slightly daydreamish people who tend sheep don't turn into novels. Eh, Maybe the problem is me.