It's precisely because of this epic military fantasy's strengths and easy readability that it reminded me how rare real greatness is in this genre, and particularly that feeling of being transported to another world. (It was similar reading The Grace of Kings, another very well-reviewed and entirely competent fantasy novel.) It's involving, and the combination of a retelling of an episode from Greek history with what seem to be Irish mythological and historical elements doesn't feel forced, but when all's told, was that it?
