Some of the plots are interesting, but most are rather bland. Unlike Roberson's Cheysuli series, I never really found myself with a deep emotional commitment to any of the characters, so the atrocities they suffer don't really spark much of a reaction in me. Both have deep inner conflicts, but these are rarely brought to the surface and studied for more than about five lines of dialogue (which are all permutations of "What's wrong?" "Don't bother me...you wouldn't understand.").
This was a disappointment to me. I thought after my experience with Cheysuli that Roberson would do much better with a short series, but not this time. What results is at best an average series.
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