OK, the series is up and running and has so many interesting things happening. Lots of proof that laying a good ground for a story pays of big time. I still think that there are problems with some of the basic premise things, I want sex to be less of an obsession for example, but this in minor stuff. So much of what's going on in these books is interesting and challenging. The blood and gore stuff gets a bit tedious, but that's kind of the point. The anger about so many things is more important and the depth of betrayal and evil is much more interesting as the series goes on. I want more about "the female" though...