the writing is done well but i feel like the style has degraded or changed for some reason. there is a lot of exposition. there’s just too much information presented I dont need to know about. why tell me the name of an enemy you’re about to kill? why tell me about every characters motive? the first three hours of the book consists of Michael talking, that is a lot. this book feels like a video game session that consists of me walking around collecting side quests, fighting a boss, fighting another boss that I cheese interspersed with hours of dialogue that could be shortened considerably. nice try tom. not sure if I’ll read the next one.