Dies the Fire really grabbed me - I'm on book 5 of the Emberverse/Change books now. The villain ended up being better rounded, and got less page time, than in the Nantucket books. The narrator is a strange case: superbly immersive 95% of the time, then he will pronounce some ordinary word in an insane way. It's a fascinating world, and Stirling is great both at depicting battles and conveying tactics and strategy.
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