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Hidden within this long tome is a brilliant novel. Greatly enjoyed this one, but a 1/3 of the manuscript should have been trimmed. I've never read a novel where the characters spent so much time sitting around thinking! Lots of thinking in this novel, and less actual doing.

That aside, I loved the book. I've read this book just after reading book 3 (The Source). I'm blown away by the history and new vampire characters Lumley has introduced into the story. He almost has an unlimited number of books he's capable of writing.

Really enjoyed seeing Harry in the opening chapters stopping the terrorist in London. And all of Radu Lycan's history before/after Sunside/Starside was enjoyable. The chapter toward the end of the book that outlined the lineage of all the vampire families will be a helpful reference moving forward.

I did think Harry was incredibly naive surrounding everything with Bonnie Jean. I think Harry would have seen through her tricks. I think Lumley dumbed down Harry in this book.

Also, we were introduced to the Chinese version of "E-branch" and the final Dracul vampire. And of course the Ferenczy's aren't dead yet. So Faethor had a brother he didn't even know about, who's son carried out his execution with the German bombing. Wow.

Can't wait to see what happens next!