Unfortunatly, this was not as good as the first part by far... First I feared that all the new characters were just reincarnations of part 1 characters, but luckely this did not turn out to be true at least (Heykus is done magnificently!) However, I think to many plot lines and characters were introduced. It's nice to have some chapters completly devoted to world building, but there were to many in this book for my taste. Then I found the narrative style to be rather repitious, often events were re-retold by several characters. In conclusion I had liked less but more elaborated characters and plot lines.