Brilliantly and beautifully written, I would recommend this book to everyone. It is the first I have read of Theorins, but he is incredibly talented at storytelling. I was hooked throughout, and I loved all the characters. What made it so great was how each chapter was told from the view of a different character, the flashbacks were harrowing, powerful and relevant to the story and right up to the very end I really cared for the characters and what happened to them. Read this book! It's amazing!