This was better than the first book.
More of a purpose to everything and positive progress towards it.
Still not good enough for a 5 star rating.
Hopefully it finishes off strongly in the 3rd book, and the Tamuli continues strongly. ( )

Dit soort verhalen vind ik altijd wel erg aantrekkelijk. Ze lezen als goeie ouwe vrienden met wie je altijd ging stappen.
Ik vind het een fijne serie, prima voor een tussendoortje.
( )

Elhana, rina de Elenia, había sido envenenada, pero conservaba la vida gracias a un hechizo que la mantenía petrificada y encerrada en un gran bloque de cristal. El efecto del conjuro duraría mientras vivieran los diez caballeros que habían intervenido en el mismo, pero desde su realización cada mes moría uno de ellos...
Falquián, caballero pandión y paladín de Elhana, busca desesperadamente remedio para su reina que, tal como le revela el espectro de su propio padre, se halla en Bhelliom, la maravillosa joya perdida en Lamorkand cuando el rey Sarak de Thalesia murió en combate quinientos años atrás.

Reread April 2022: I enjoyed the second installment more this time around, enough to bump it up to 4 stars. It's funny how even 10 years later enough of the story stayed with me I could remember the main plot arc though it's been long enough I'd forgotten where events ended. I was thinking that parts of book 3 were in this one. ( )

I know that David Eddings books are very much a repeated formula from series to series but that does not take away from my enjoyment of them. I first read his books many years ago when I chose them because they were the longest books I could find. I enjoy his characters and the plot and I find that in general they stand up to the test of time as long as you can enjoy the raging sexism. ( )