Gives backstory to characters in Bane
This prequel moves between the events in two different characters lives, offering backstory and an understanding of how they came to be the characters who offer a compelling story in Bane.
In that book it is clear that each of these characters were shaped by past events, but this prequel adds both layers and meaning / understanding to what I read in that story.
I read the novel Bane before this prequel, and have no regrets about the order in which I read them, though this prequel does remind me that I consider characters, and their complexities, to be one of this author's true strengths.