Before They Are Hanged

This book starts on a high and just keeps ramping it up!
So, after the great first book, which now looking back, was more of a prologue book setting up and introducing us to the main characters, comes the sequel that takes the best elements from the previous entry and dials them up a notch.

Also, the ending is very poignant. I wasn't expecting a certain character's death to hit me as hard as it did.