Disquiet Gods

Book 6 of The Suneater series. What a trip.

Elements of Hadrian's travels that were scattered through his overall story are coming together and he's beginning to understand what he's really been fighting for, and fighting against. Ruocchio puts his skill as a story teller on display here as he continues to drop Hadrian into ever increasing levels of danger. Each chapter reveals another undercurrent, another clandestine agreement between his enemies, another reason to continue into further danger. As the book closes we have a new understanding of the horrific nature of his task.

This series starts out strong and Ruoccio increases his muscle with each volume. It's as if he's re-writing the landscape of his genre and setting a new baseline against which others will be judged.