The Element of Fire Author:Martha Wells Young king Roland sits uneasy upon the throne of Ile-Rein, surrounded by nobles who would use human sorcery to hasten his downfall. With duels and dungeons, palace coups and magical battles aplenty, this fantasy has all the panache, style, and atmosphere of the classic adventure sagas of yesteryear.
Although this was a good book, I never really felt that I got into it. I felt that I was on the surface looking in and not really actually in the story itself - that I was looking at it from a distance.