I read this book a while ago and really, really enjoyed it. One element that I found interesting was, at least for me, an undercurrent of true horror, which isn't something I find all that often in my fantasy novels. There was one particularly nightmarish scene that I'm still shuddering about months later. (Not saying it's like a horror novel, not at all, just that it has horrific elements. By and large it's a good old swashbuckling adventure).