Title: Disappointed
Product review: I read the first series by this author (starting with "Battleaxe") and I thought it was really good. I thought that the departure from Anglo-centric racial (and sexual) stereotypes in a fantasy novel was refreshing (cf. Eddings et al). I eagerly plunged into the new series, but I was disappointed to find it lacked a good plot and I was bored by about halfway through this novel. I persevered with the remaining two, but I found the characters and events became increasingly ludicrous the more I read. I got the feeling that the author was sick of writing about the characters during this series. The magic system was also a little shaky; the characters' abilities were undefined which allowed the author to let them to escape from seemingly impossible situations by conveniently inventing new abilities. It made the story seem unplanned and the world that Douglass has spent so many pages describing, unbelievable. I recommend the first series, but don't bother with this one.
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