Ultima

I enjoyed this massively. Failing to understand the vitriol in some other reviews really. It's a work of fiction and the author can take us on whatever journey he likes. Suspension of disbelief is a skill most readers of fiction should have in bucketfuls.

I really enjoyed the journey, even if it was a fair departure from the first book. It's easy to see the influence of Terry Pratchett here and to my mind, that's a good thing. It saved the series from being entirely too po-faced.

While by far not as good as the first book, it also is not as bad as I feared. The main issue is, that it drifts off into a sci-fi style that is really not my main interest. Sort of “alternate Universe/what if” scenario. So if you read the first book, be prepared that the second one is not the stunning conclusion as you might expect but really goes off into a total different direction.