The six oathmates, sworn to each other and to the completion of a quest, search for four powerful faerie treasures that open a lost gateway back to Arcadia. Backed by the forces of the Unseelie Shadow Court, the Forsworn Prince also seeks the way back to Arcadia, for his own dark purposes.
Did any of us have a hard time believing that the Unseelie Redcap was going to betray them all? Uhm, hel-looo! Unseelie. Redcap. 'nuff said. Further, I wonder if all Cassada's fictions are like this - start of slow, get better and worse by bits, then end on a cliffhanger that would make you feel lost if you didn't continue with the series.... Next up, Court of All Kings, so we'll find out. (I must say, though, that these are immensely useful for re-learning the game I used to love so well, and even better for explaining certain things (like a geas) to new players.
This is the second book in the Immortal Eyes trilogy. This is a prose novel based around the Changeling the Dreaming adventure module of the same name. Changeling is a Roleplaying game where the players take on the roles of Changelings (humans with fey souls) and is part of the World of Darkness line.
This book itself is quite book although it is obviously constrained by the adventure it is written around. It introduces the readers to the world of the Changelings, quite well and the characters are a likely bunch; even Edmund the unseelie redcap. My one real criticism is that the book could have been half the length. It was padded out where there are long segments with the characters not doing anything. The writing, however, is very good and apart from the pacing it's a really good book. I have read the first instalment and will certainly read the last part in a few months time.