I thoroughly enjoyed Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga and the follow-up The Empire Trilogy, but didn't carry through the other 24 (!) books in the series. I spotted King of Ashes and discovered when reading the back cover that it was the first in a new series. It sounded interesting so I picked it up. Good idea!
The novel is clearly the first in what I expect will be a long series, and thus largely serves as an introduction to the main heroes in the conflict: the last heir to a lost kingdom, a young assassin, the grandson of a powerful crime lord, and an orphan virtuoso blacksmith. Throw in a few warring kingdoms, a powerful church exterminating rival religions, a coven of powerful witches, a banner of magical knights, and at least one evil secret society, and this has the makings of a great saga. As a 494 page long introduction it is a bit slow in places and Feist is overly repetitive in his descriptions, but the promise of future novels makes up for everything. I look forward to the next chapter!
His name was Hatushaly, though the other boys and girls called him "Hatu."
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