I thoroughly enjoyed the first three books. As a fairly avid listener who churns through numerous novels each month, I was pleasantly surprised by Huesca’s Dungeon Lord series … until this book. The character development, relationship building and “fun” that earned by admiration early on in the series are conspicuously absent in Ancient Traditions. On the other hand, the logic inconsistencies were amplified. For example, objectivity is supposed to keep the magic of Ivalis in-check so the world evolves with clearly defined magical laws. And yet, objectivity allows heroes from another world to be magically transported to Ivalis on an ongoing basis and devastate the balance of power. Then, it allows mind broods to develop, steal the magic of its victims and jeopardize the entire world. There there’s Gallio, the main character on the side of the light. He continually ignores the hypocrisy and evil within his on order, yet steadfastly focuses on the Dungeon Lord, who has consistently displayed his desire to “fight the good fight”. The continued conflict between the two is too contrived. Time to look for another series.