This component completes derniet masterfully cyle the "Empire Trilogy". I devoured the first two tome. There, once again, it is with a real bohneur I immersed myself in this book that keeps us in suspense from beginning to end. Here we find an ever inventive Mara, much bruised and must make painful sacrifices to advance and triumph of his cause. It is both a diplomat, warrior, mother, revolutionary (see his questioning of slavery in a traditionalist society and extremely attached to its archaic values), chieftain, lover etc ... With great difficulty, its opponents have now learned to respect and even fear because she knows to strike back, her simple woman, in a highly matchiste world. It's a real treat to see all the treasures of inventiveness and cunning she deploys and demonstrating brute force is not always an asset. In fine tactician, she reverses the alliances not surprise his boldness and makes us doubt the powerful. The end is somewhat agreed, see Hollywood, but it must be that the story ends, and it's nothing to sides of 3 blocks (over 2200 pages) that constitutes this wonderful cycle. Yes, it really is very good Feist I invite you to read again. If you liked the apprentice and the Pug cyle Kondor, you will not be disappointed by this trilogy. I have not hooked up with the cycle "New Chronicles of Kondor" (very average), but this is the great Feist as we like. Go ahead, please, the trip worth it. Good reading.
