I truly enjoyed reading this novel. I have read the first six novels in the Pathfinder Tales series, including this one, and I am working on a seventh book. I enjoyed reading this book as much as the others. Yes, there are some plot points that were a bit flat here or there (a typical enough symptom), but it was easy to read beyond those points into scenes that made up the difference in entertainment value. I felt that the storyline used Golarian lore just enough to bring that setting to life, but also managed to have interesting characters and story that transcended the setting (as do most of the other pathfinder novels that I have read). The book included dwarves and orcs in a novel way that gave it a fresh approach. The villians were sufficiently evil and the end scene, though somewhat unexpected, still held my interest and had me rooting for Krunzle in the end. Another reviewer claimed that Krunzle was an unlikeable character who had no agency due to a magical item that had control of him throughout the story. However, the dialogue between the sentient device and Krunzle made the control more like a negotiation rather than a loss of agency. It evolved into an alliance by the end of the book, and Krunzle's freedom was well earned. Cool story, thanks for the book.
