I'm enjoying the series, although all the books are slow paced so far. I'm in Scepters, which is book 3. There is a lot of repetition in the storyline. Battle one sounds like battle 23, etc. This has been a much more plodding series than the Recluce novels. I'm still enjoying it though. I wish Alucius would do more outside of the military. The battle scenes aren't very exciting.