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It's nice to wrap up this trilogy within the Recluce Saga. Beltur's story is an interesting one, but I can't help feeling a shorter book would have worked better. His self-recrimination & out-sized sense of responsibility got really old. There was also a fair amount of redundancy that hampered an otherwise excellent story.

Best of all, we learn a very important piece of history that really changes things up. (view spoiler)[We find out these black mages are founding Fairhaven in about 678 with the idea that it is a haven for all mages, black or white. By 900, when Creslin escapes Westwind, Fairhaven is primarily white & after his blood because he is a black. (hide spoiler)] I wonder if we'll see a couple more books somewhere around 750 where things change. It should be interesting & sad - probably instructive, too. There's obvious comparisons here.

Definitely recommended if you've kept up with the series so far, but it's more of a 3.5 than a 4 star.

Modesitt suggests reading this series in published order, but rereads should be done in chronological order, IMO. He even helped me put them all, including the short stories, in order. You'll find them in my review here:
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