The Dragon's Path

This is a story of four characters trying to find their way in a kingdom with a passive leader. The king is unwilling to make difficult decisions so ends up having his court intrigues run the kingdom. This leads to ambitious court players, military leaders, and foreign powers playing elaborate games.
Marcus is an old war hero trying to live a quiet life as a caravan guard and come to terms with what he has done. Cithrin is a young orphan adopted by the local bank leader that is tasked to care for and deliver a huge amount of wealth across the continent. The naïve lieutenant Geder is sent to track down the money by a commander that doesn't respect him. Dawson, a major court player, uses Geder for his own purposes. The story is written from the point of view of these four characters. It's interesting to see how the POV story makes us sometimes sympathetic to a character and sometimes repulsed by the character.
It reads a lot like the first book in a long series. You get the feeling that each of the character's lives are about to get a lot more interesting in the upcoming books. Many of the characters meet, but only 2 spend any length of time each other.
There's a little world building, but there is too much not explained. The author assumes you know the cultures, races, and creeds of the world. But these things are too foreign for me follow without more exposition.
If I had come into this series when it had 5+ books finished, I would probably read everything as quickly as possible. Then plan to follow the series after every yearly installment. At the time of this writing there are only two books written and I have enough serials to come back too. If Daniel Abraham has the staying power of Piers Anthony, Larry Niven, Robert Jordan, George R.R. Martin I'll probably re-discover him in a few years. If not, oh well.