Dave Duncan is aways fun to read, and this book was no exception. I enjoyed this book, which had a strong plot, characters I had no trouble telling apart, politics and a hero too clever for his own good. Also Durendal makes a cameo appearance for fans of the Kings Blades trilogy, though this is a self contained book set a decade later.
Duncan is excellent at magic systems, and I like the way magic is just part of the society, not especially feared or desired, just there like death and taxes. Even when abused by rulers, as naturally it would be on occasion, it is not magic that is feared but the ruler - in this case a mad Czar, based on Ivan the Terrible. The long journey to the mad Czar is interesting all the way.
Paragon Lost first published 2002
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