I just hadn't read anything very compelling so far, and at 89 pages, that's too long without. When the sixth chapter opened as the former fiance's POV, that's when I decided I fundamentally didn't care about anyone or anything in this book. First up was a capable and ruthless (and sneaky) spymaster, and I thought this was probably going to be my cup of tea, but later on we got to a whining student-wizard (complete with Malfoy-enemy and pureblood problems), a man who spends a whole chapter selling his daughter to the highest bidder, and then said daughter who spends her chapter having hysterics and begging for her prince (her former fiance, previously noted to be a hotheaded guy who thinks with his fists) to come save her. Ninety pages was five chapters, each one introducing a new character, with some loose connections between some of them. But I like the info dumps to highlight interesting questions I want to see explored, and mostly all that was highlighted in this one was how strongly a representation of the Crusades this whole setup was. In the first 90 pages, we had some pretty big info dumps, which I am generally ok with, because fantasy worlds can be big. There's nothing really wrong with it - aside from the odd endlessly-claused sentence - but there's nothing about it that really grabs me and makes me want to stick around for 670-odd pages. This is a series I cannot recommend enough' - C.E.Giving up at page 89. And while the armies of East and West clash in ever-more-bloody conflict, emperors, inquisitors and assassins hunt the Scytale of Corineus, the key to ultimate power, which is in the hands of the most unlikely guardians: failed mage Alaron and market-girl Ramita, pregnant widow of the world's greatest mage.What they choose to do with the Scytale could change Urte forever.'Filled with action, adventure, magic, love, danger and hope. For Ramon, trapped behind enemy lines, it is one more obstacle in his desperate attempt to get his men safely home. For the Queen of Javon, it is a beacon as she seeks new ways to overthrow her usurper husband and reclaim the country for her brother. In the wake of a devastating battle, everything has changed: the East is rising, bringing equal measures of hope and despair to Urte.For Elena and Kazim, the victory is a call to arms against the renegade spymaster Gurvon Gyle. Martin and Robert Jordan.Emperor Constant's crusade is teetering on the edge of disaster. The third in David Hair's epic Moontide Quartet, perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson, George R.R.
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