German Review on GosuReviews Another great debut novel this year, definitely one of my favorites. After the introduction of the two main POV characters and a bit of worldbuilding the story picks up pace and we get nearly non stop action in form of very well written battle scenes, that are fought in 19th century military style with muskets and cannons. The magic aspect is fortunately held low in this series, so that we don't have wizards battling everything out and decide about win or lose. With both strong male and female characters, a well thought out world and a good structured story it was a great read and I can highly recommend this novel, one of the best in 2013 and I can't wait for the next book in the series.