This book starts off a little oddly in that it begins with Ed going on a sudden and solo mission to save a pretty lady. However, Ed gets this mission from a demon so there has to be more to it than that. It seems a little random at first but Huesca actually makes a good story out of what happens. I found myself enjoying this book over the first book because the story seems more cohesive throughout its writing and we get to see some more interesting character background and development. It should be noted that there is still not much in the way of dungeon building or community building like someone might think there would be in this book; not a whole lot of “dungeoning” or “lording” in this book. However, the later portion to the story is pretty exciting. I am glad to see this series getting better, and coming from having listened to some of the 3rd book the series is shaping up to be great.
Jeff Hays and Annie Ellicott do a great job as usual in many of their works. There is also less distracting and annoying sound effects that were in the first book. These two work great together.