The third book in The Shadow Campaigns was more to my liking than the second book, where the political intrigues in the capital were the main story. Now we finally get back to the great battles I liked from the first books. Very well described and action packed fights. As a back story a small detective plot to get a glimpse of what's happening in Vordan city, though I kind of didn't really care about the Marcus/Raesinia storyline it was quite enjoyable. On the whole once again a solid book by Django Wexler, with excellent military fantasy. The only negative aspect I noticed to the end of the book is Janus. He seems totally undefeatable, there was never really question that he would win, what took away from the suspense, but I like that his motives are still a bit shady. I will definetly buy book 4, great series!