This is an inferior book to the others in the series for me. First off, it is getting really repetitive for someone to target Lindon because he's weak, then he manages beats them anyway, and makes someone even stronger mad for not dying. Then *they* come for him, and he has to get stronger again. Formulaic. So formulaic in the context of this series, in fact, that I literally put this book down for 2 solid months because of it. Also, this book had so much opportunity for exciting battles and interesting events, but the author just literally skips over so much of it, which isn't gratifying at all. AND the most interesting thing to me was the stuff with Lindon's sister, and we just... don't return there for the rest of the book, after the intro? Like, the makings of a much better book are RIGHT HERE, but don't happen for some reason.