A whole new world, a thrilling chase, a wonderous place...for naughty space elves.
4 stars
The concluding part of the Path of the Eldar trilogy benefits from having by far the most interesting range of locales and events. Thorpe closes the overarching story arc quite well, with a somewhat open and satisfyingly Eldarish ending. Like the first book, this one suffers from the PoV character being overall rather whiny, sulky and foppish (although thankfully not as self-regarding as Korlandril). This results in what is really the story's Achilles Heel - it's hard to imagine anyone taking Aradryan seriously enough to allow him to do a lot of the things he ends up doing. If the story slowed down and stopped thrusting the reader into one eerily fascinating world after another, they might pick holes in the unlikeliness of Aradryan's ascent to the point where the whole think collapses. I managed to avoid that, but YMMV.