A very fun and fast read. As other reviews have mentioned the author does get it when talking about military culture and tactics. I was very happy to see character development and not every loose end finished in book one. Especially as this is part of a three book volume :)

Definitely if you like military stories, or just nice solid character stories, this will be a good read for you. If you are in it for magic and dragons.... well there are lots of dragons!



Book 2 whizzed on by in this collection. The action sequences are still strong and the author did a nice job of modifying her writing style just a bit at time to help create a tension (a chapter starts in the middle of a scene to make you wonder *wait what just happened*) that keeps the plot flowing along.

Most of the book deals with cultural differences and if you know what was happening in the real world in the early 1800's you will not be surprised at the topics covered.

One thing I like about the character development in these books so far is that the development is not restricted to the humans. If you have an intelligent race of dragons not only will they have different views among each other but those views will be different than the human's way of thinking. Where those two views are in conflict the author does a decent job of the character's altering perspective. I am looking forward to book 3 glad I have the day off.



I am into this series now definitely. I liked the differences in cultural identity between the European Countries and the swarming armies of Napoleon. The implications on dragonic society are much better thought out n this series than in the Pern series for example.

The short story was nicely done and a nice touch to see things from the other side.