A world apart

In this fifth book, the story that had only focused on the adventurers in the previous two puts us in perspective with what happens elsewhere, since Chalcède with his ruthless Duke up Cassaric where strange things happening. On the side of Kelsingra if the goodwill Gringalette humans can discover its benefits in small doses and measure the extent of what they lost, the side dragons frustration of not being able to cross the river increases and causes frictions increasingly violent.

So after a period of adventure and exploration, we arrive in a phase of history where politics and power games resumed in importance. If the main plot does not advance much, writing is always pleasant and Robin Hobb continues to explore its characters and expose us all facets of their relationship.

As always the French purely commercial division causes some frustration and a slight sense of unfinished, and it is advisable to have the volume 6 on hand to immediately chaining as with the original version.