For some reason I thought this was about the Nulls that Skirata adopts, which I've encountered in fandom, so I spent most of the first part of the book confused! I do like our boy Darman, especially the scene where he reflects on whether he should help the civvies and then that his training didn't cover dealing with ungrateful rescued civilians.

How do others find it reads without having played the game it ties into? I feel like I'm only half following some of the assumptions about relationships and structures. I'm glad I'm reading it as part of this group, because I probably would have petered out during one of Etain's sections if I weren't eager to see what people think.