Wintersteel

At some point I'll write a full review on this. For now, I can only say that this was an amazing read. Previously, Underlord had been my favorite of the Cradle series, mostly because of the wonderful character development in that novel. But Wintersteel now competes for that position. I'd say the character development in Underlord is still the best in the series, but Wintersteel edges it out for the top slot because not only does it have really great character development, but we have incredible action sequences, we learn more about the world and the sacred arts, and the end of the book is filled with "Wow!" or "Oh yeah!" moments. It's fantastic. If you haven't read it yet, you need to. If you haven't started the Cradle series at all yet...what are you waiting for?!