Today we follow Thomas, as he morosely mopes his way through the rain. Thomas and three cronies that he convinced to go with him are on the road to Mortmesne, but the going is slow because of the weather and they keep hiding any time someone approaches them on the road. Also that one paragraph?…

It was Arliss who had informed her of the obscure right of the Crown to take direct military action, an old remnant of powers granted to the American executive. 1) If you’re going to claim any part of this government is a throwback to American government, then I demand to know why you have a…

The deadline for sending slaves to Mort arrives, and Mace is nowhere to be seen. Pen explained that Mace had a habit of going off on his own errands from time to time, leaving without warning and returning the same way. This is both super shady and also a terrible thing to do when you…

Today we begin with sword training lessons from an instructor who apparently has no idea what he’s doing. Thankfully they aren’t actually fighting, but he’s got her doing complex patterns on her first lesson, isn’t making her practice moves one at a time before stringing them together in a sequence, and is pissed off that…

It’s easy to forget that a monarchy is more than just the monarch. The successful reign is a complex animal, with countless individual pieces working in concert. It’s especially to forget if you’re reading this book. Looking closely at the Glynn Queen, we find many moving parts, but one cannot overestimate the importance of Lazarus…