As in Salvatore's other books chronicling the adventures of the dark elf, Drizzit, he does a wonderful job maintaining the voice of all of his characters. No mean feat, considering Salvatore jumps into and out of at least ten different character's perspectives throughout the novel which keeps the narrative flowing. If there is one character or one thread a reader doesn't particularly care for, you know you won't have to read about him/her long before you switch out to another character.
And Salvatore's pacing and battle scenes are done exceptionally well. That being said, I am not too fond of the one on one sword duels as they can be overly detailed slowing down the pace.
One draw back is if you've never read one of Salvatorre's many novels on Drizzit's previous adventures, you may feel a bit left out as there are multiple references to previous novels. I have not read every Drizzit book and so there were a couple of references that I didn't understand. It didn't bother me, too much, but one should be warned. The novel does stand alone, with a straight forward plot, but it's just some of the back stories may not be completely clear.
I flew through the novel and am looking forward to the next one in the series.
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