0.5/5 stars.I didn't even finish this book. It reads as if it was written in a rush because the author wanted to be over with it. Everything was boring and predictable, and the evil characters were killed in the first few chapters, so I sort of didn't see the point. (And actually, Tancred being sold as a slave -yet again- and the whole Phillip's death part reminded me a lot of Ben-Hur). It's sad, because I really liked the first book. It had so much potential.