An interesting immersion if you avoid drowning!

I found this first volume of the long series (10 volumes to date) quite difficult to read. One is quickly drowned in the tens of proper names of different places and characters. If you like adventure with a hero, this book is not for you.

Still, if you can overcome the difficulty in immersing you into the world of the land front, you'll find a strange feudal world where two races (the Eandi and Qirsi), and many people are engaged in the most surprising political plots than each other.

Faced lands are managed by the race of Eandi (humans) but the land is divided into many kingdoms (themselves divided into several duchies). The race is the race Qirsi magicians, they were defeated by Eandis in past wars, now they work for them, their intelligence and their powers allow them to access powerful councilors.

This interweaving of peoples and races will allow a multitude of political intrigue amid killings and various betrayals.