brilliant books, I loved all the characters and their feats and flaws, buy this book, its great, I found out about on a list called books to read while you're waiting for the next ice and fire book (game of thrones) and in my opinion its better! buy this trilogy if you're a fan of fantasy or are wanting to get into it. oh and when you finish the trilogy there's still 3 stand alones set after it, Best Served cold, The Heroes and Red Country