Not my favourite of the Penric books. This one had a lot of Penric having no clue what to do next, retracing his steps to places he’d already been, and hoping to stumble across a clue as to where to go next. And then, suddenly, everything comes together in one great coincidence. I found the story unsatisfying and the writing to drag on for a lot of it. But I suppose every author stumbles sometimes. It’s not enough to prevent me from reading the rest of the series, in any case. But you can probably skip this one unless you’re a completionist.