Man I blitzed this book. There's something eminently readable about Bowring's novels, once I get started on one of them it's a struggle to put it down. I definitely have to check out his Broken Well trilogy.

Well-written and characterised, and a satisfying end to the story started in the first novel. Very good.

I'd like to make note of how nice it is to see a duology in a genre seemingly dominated by trilogies and sagas and so on. That said, I'd also like to say that I would have probably enjoyed a third novel to spend in this world.