I can't remember if I have already reviewed this, but as I've just re-read it, I'll re-review it as well.
   It's a pretty solid, if rather grim, effort. I got a bit more out of it this time around, because I caught on earlier to the way SG dances around with describing the same bits of time as seen and experienced by different people. Plus, it was just more understandable second time around.
   It's a dense plot. I could only think of one plot hole, which I will keep to myself. The characters are good, and you certainly emphasise with some of them. As I say, it's a bit grim: you won't find much to smile about in here. But if you like strong fantasy with a huge bodycount, you'll probably enjoy this. If SFF is not your cup of tea, you probably wouldn't.
   Oh, and I found a couple of proofreadery things that I could not resist putting up on my errata page on my editorial site.