When an author starts a new series while writing another it can cause the first story to lose something. Some are far worse than others. This one is about in the middle. This isn’t to say this is a bad book in fact it is quite good but alas it wasn’t as strong a story as the others. There is a bit much of the world mechanics that we likely already knew or could have figured out on our own. The book has a spectacular event. Then the point of view is told from several pther points of view and what is done about the event. I don’t like to give spoilers so if you want to know what the event is get the book. I am waiting for the next book to be converted to an audio book.