Picked up a copy Tuesday from the B. Dalton at Union Station D.C., and finished it last night. Obligitory spoiler space follows... Favorite line: "We call ourselves human." "Who does not?" I was suprised that of all the familiar characters, the one I was most happy about upon their appearance was Tazendra, though I think I know why. (hint: how she introduces herself.) Question mark: In Roaana's dream sequence about the coachman, on p.360 suddenly the text says that Ibronka is having the dream. Assuming that this is either intentional (somehow Roaana & Ibronka are sharing a dream), an intentional mistake (SKZB acknowledgements), or just a mistake, my guess is just a mistake. Okay, okay, so the necromancer is really cool. And funny. For a demon. I think. Overall, while FHYA left me totally satisfied, here I was not.. but then again this is only part 1, so this is totally what I expected. Man, Piro's expression on the cover is absolutely perfect. Why when reading about Morrolan's circle am I reminded of Vlad's observation at castle black that maybe the ground below had a rune for "don't fall down." Why doesn't Pel appear in the cast of characters? Just like a Yendi... Now I have to go read it again... attjen