Book 3 of the Dagger and the Coin series. Keeps getting better. Daniel Abraham's fantasy that takes place in a post-Dragon multi-species world that looks like medieval times. War breaks out and keeps growing with the ministers of the Spider Goddess, who have the ability to instantly tell if someone is lying along with the ability to control people by their speech. They are pursuing a program of vilification of one of the races of men. Meanwhile the bank is trying to save people by expending its wealth to smuggle money and people out of conquered territory. The writing is excellent and you really care about the characters. Fans of Fantasy and George R.R. Martin should read this series. Daniel Abraham is still going strong in this book. Reading this series feels like I'm watching some kind of game. We didn't know the players when the game started, but we saw the first few moves, the pieces were getting in position. Now we're in the meat of the game and we have some pretty interesting revelations about the various strategies the players are employing. The reveal is really interesting. I'm eager for more!
This guy can really write. Like major big-time. You should read this series.
—lynn
A lot happened in this book, gotta say I like the direction this is heading.
—Makai
Bah, what a place to stop. Predictable, but still!
—jess0811
moving the story along...
—AdieAwesome
