This is a great sequel to Thinblade. I very much enjoyed the world, and I'd love to spend time to explore Blackstone Keep, which sounds like a fascinating place. I hope we'll get to know a bit more about it in the sequels.

We have new dangers and adventures here, and we find out a bit about the Reishi Gates.

Isabel and Abigail are left in quite the predicament, and the book ends fairly abruptly, so make sure you have the sequel at the ready. I subtracted one star because of it, because I really loathe open endings and cliffhangers, and here's a pretty mean one.
Luckily, that series is finished, so I don't need to wait for publication.

Again, Derek Perkins narrates this wonderfully and brings the story and the characters to life. ( )

This series was recommended to me by the new technology director and I found it as intriguing as he did. I purchased the entire series of seven books and couldn't stop reading until I finished! highly recommended.

FR OM AMAZON: After gaining entrance to Blackstone Keep and recovering the legendary Thinblade, Alexander must seek out the Sovereign Stone, and quickly.

Contained within the ancient teardrop ruby is the secret of Wizard's Dust, the source of magic and the one thing that will ultimately decide the final battle of the Reishi War. Prince Phane will stop at nothing to lay claim to the Stone and with it the world. ( )