I don’t know, man. I think it kinda sucked, especially considering how good the first book was.  Felt like a book full of assholes, and it got tiresome with everyone being adversarial all the time.   It was a struggle to finish, and only through force of will was I able to power through. A lot of meandering, muddy prose that goes on forever, and nothing happens until the final quarter of the book. If I wasn’t assured that the follow-up is much better, I’d be done with the series here.