The second book in this trilogy kicks off right where The Final Strife left off, with Sylah leaving to seek a solution to the tidewind striking the Warden's Empire and Anoor starting in her new position as the Disciple of Strength. There is a recap of book 1 at the start - and although I remembered most of the story, there were small pieces of the puzzle that I had forgotten so that was useful. This book sees extra POV characters for the chapters and the return of my favourite character - Hassa. I thought the characters behaviours and motivations were true to themselves from book 1, with room for some growth – but the events of the book happen over such a relatively short time, book 1 and the aktibar took months to complete whereas this is much faster, with less time training etc being skimmed over. The way that the end of the instalment pulled the characters back together and left an immediate jumping off point for book 3 I really enjoyed – I have no idea how the full story can possibly be settled in only one more book but cannot wait to read that and find out!!