Another entry in the Guardians of the Flame series, it's difficult to distinguish at times which is which as they tend to run together.

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While this is still set in the same world as the rest of the Guardians of the Flame novels, it really starts to wander away from the general plot. Again we are following what used to be minor characters. He's turned them into musketeer types and the main focus of the last 2 books. It almost feels like he's trying to end the series by getting all of the old characters out of the picture, but the result is a muddy feeling book with strange political twists for a plot. Its not bad, I guess, if you like that sort of thing, but again it felt like something trying to be a Three Musketeers story. Supposedly that's intentional on the author's part, but it doesn't work very well for me. ( )