The second book in this series has me wanting more. But not in a sense that it has built more of the story and I can't wait for the next installment, more along the lines that I was hoping for a lot more from this story and didn't get it. There are some developments in the main plot and the character development of Royce was very good, but overall, I was still hovering around the 3.5 star mark for this story. I am enjoying the story and look forward to the next, but am not 100% engaged yet. In saying that, I recognise the potential that the story does have and I am beginning to really enjoy the relationship between Hadrian and Royce, their camaraderie is fun and certainly in this book Royce really shows the two sides to his personality. He can be thoughtful and yet still willing to slice open a throat when needed.So I will be jumping straight into the next and hoping to see a bit more of the main plot. I really want to have those cross river elves start making a scene. Veľmi príjemné pokračovanie príbehu o dobrosrdečných zlodejoch. Tentokrát sa dostávame do zabudnutej dedinky Dahlgren, ktorú chce církev využiť vo svoj prospech pri určovaní nového cisára. Zhodou okolností (?) sa tu objavuje aj párik Riyria, ktorý si najala mladá Trace na jednu záludnú zlodejskú kusovku. Takže veľká väčšina z prvého dielu je zase pokope v snahe prekonať nové nebezpečenstvo v podobe starého magického tvora.Dej zase odsýpa a autor sa nezdržiava nezmyselnými a nudnými odbočkami. Konečne som sa dozvedel aspoň niečo o minulosti dvojice protagonistov a knižka končí zase s otvorenými otázkami. Niektoré odpovede už začínam tušiť a teším sa na tretí diel.
