This is a good start of a Trilogy (The Black Road, Legacy of Blood, The Kingdom of Shadow). The characters, although written well, barely kept my interest. Especially the main protoganist Darrick Lang. I had to fight the urge to shelve it, and fight through some pages, which is why it took me an unholy amount of time to finish it. At times, it felt like Season 2 of 'The Walking Dead' TV series or the beginning of 'Breaking Bad', where you feel kind of lost and depressed. But eventually it picked up enough and turned out to be really enjoyable. I would recommend this as a good start of the Trilogy, if you are planning to read the books that take place in the first 3 games.