This is the only one of this series I really didn't like so far. The text seems to be all description, explanation and background. The actual action and dialog is a small portion of the total book - and then it is predomminantly violence, very little character dialog and no relationship development. I am just now beginning the 2nd of this author's offering to the series - I'm hoping he got some good feedback on this one so that it is better written! Feel free to SCIM-read this one.