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Funny as always, interesting to read, fast paced spy plot a la James Bond, actually, and especially. The antagonist hopes to secure his machinations by running a super hero geas, which works until it doesn't, of course. I especially liked the afterword about James Bond novels, which explains why this book feels so much like a Bond / Fleming spy novel. I will definitely read on in this series, but I liked the first book more, actually.

Dan Simmons writes the best SciFi ever (Hyperion, Endymion, Ilium etc.), also best historical fiction ever (Terror!!!) and fantastically good horror (Summer of Night). He writes in all genres, and is good in all genres.

Well, this one here is brutal crime, and I read it in two days. So it was fun and the plot kept me going. Yet it wasn't the usual Simmons, but then I got to know him in different genres. This here is maybe a genre that needs a certain structure?

In any case, our protagonist, I feel, is a mix of Philip Marlowe and Jack Reacher. And he gets involved with a fun pack of crime professionals and wannabes and leaves a trail of dead bodies in his wake.

Yet again: the plot kept going, the pace was great, the action decisive. Except from the cover, I liked it.

I read the first book recently and it was fun as hell. So I took no long time to start the 2nd and it was the same. I just love the intelligent solutions Carl and Princess Donut find to go ahead. And yes, if someone doesn't just love Princess Donut: I can't help you. No one can.

Of course there is sometimes some repetition in the action. Yet do not forget what you are reading here: a book about a Dungeon Crawl RPG. And those games have that same repititiveness as part of their nature, so here we go.

I'M going to start book three soon. It's already here, waiting for me. For I just need to know how the story goes on.