Sean Page writes grand vistas in broad strokes. Some, like me, will enjoy that, others will probably decry the lack of character development. It's always difficult to delve into a character when your story plays at such a grand scale. For me, this was a very nice read, showing something other than the traditional undead necromancer/infestation, in stead approaching the whole concept from a middle eastern perception and mixing it with some Mythos type references. The only thing I did not like was the length of the story in relation to the amount of information given. I can easily see this story as a full novel. Overall, well worth my time. ( )