Blood of the Mantis

Solid fantasy with extremely good world building. Understands that continent spanning conflict does not depend on the actions of a few or a chosen one. Likes spiders....

My favorite of this series so far. Blood of the Mantis is intriguing and a little confusing. The plot thickens to mud here, with several new characters, settings (races!). Keep it moving.

This series keeps getting better. It was nice to follow the characters to different places. We get to know Solarno (in Spiderlands), Jerez (a black market city, with a mysterious lake) and Szar (a Bee-Kinden city). I loved the  Pilots of the Exalsee, an type of aviators club/group with their own code of honor and obviously against The Empire. The plot revolves around the search for the Shadow Box and who gets it. Now that I know who got it, I gotta keep on reading the series to find out what the box actually do!