Much like book 2, it took me more time than usual to get invested in this tale. But once the action fired up, so did my interest. I love the new characters and the tie-ins to the rest of the AO universe. The narrator does a decent job with the story, but cannot bring out much of the female characters. I will admit it did tear up at the end though. His inflection did generate that at least. I wonder if he had more range, how much better would the characters become.