Last Argument of Kings

It's always tough to satisfactorily end these epic fantasy trilogies. This one ends on a couple of unusual notes for the genre including one that I didn't see coming at all and didn't really like because it was so far outside the norm.

In the end, that's what I liked best about this series. All of the trappings of a Traditional Epic Fantasy are there but events unfold in a very non-fantasy way. Characters die, difficult decisions are made, and the consequences of those decisions a addressed head-on.

After a sluggish first 2/3 of the first volume the rest of this trilogy held an strong pace.