At last, the gang gets back together! Belgrieve’s journey to find the last member of his old party, Satie, has led him and his companions to the imperial capital of Rhodesia—a majestic city with a dark underbelly, rife with scheming and plots. Their seemingly simple quest to reunite with a long-lost friend is now inexorably bound up with the fate of the empire itself. Amidst the plotting and intrigues of the city, they soon learn of Satie’s solitary war against the impostor who has supplanted Crown Prince Benjamin and his clandestine alliance with the legendary archmage Schwartz. Belgrieve soon realizes that the cost of laying his past to rest may be greater than he’s willing to pay.
Audio: 5 Stars Amazing job with 300 different voices!
Story: I wish Japanese manga writers would stop creating ridiculous characters with exaggerated behaviors, clinginess and psycho personalities. Still ahting Margaritte behavior, Angelina stupidity and immaturity overall. Now I'm starting to hate the MC with his incessant whininess, complainings about being old at 45! and overall his haphazard will. Then they have all these added politics and royalty/religious ridiculous plot that turned this story from a slice of life adventure to a boring waste of time. Onto my next adventure, Happy Readings!!!
This volume is the action packed conclusion to the arc that started in volume 8 with the group confronting the imposter crown prince and his allies and learning a bit more about Satie's past in the process. In the after story we get to see a bit more on how Belgrieve, Percival, Kassim and Satie joined up together as young teenagers. It is a good addition to the series, even though I am not an overly big fan on the change of point of view beyond even Belgrieve and Angeline. So, an entertaining and fun read.