The Shadows

The Shadows is packed with ancient Irish lore and it took probably a hundred pages before I felt like I was able to keep pace. I recommend reading the Wikipedia entry for “Fianna” before starting the book. It won't spoil anything and may help understand what's happening early on. The narrative fills everything in as it goes along but there's no single info dump.

By the mid-point, I could not put this book down. Lots of interesting characters, lots of interesting happenings. Unfortunately it's the first of a trilogy and the first book ends at a breather, not a resolution of any sort.