A reasonably well written tale of Ilan, who, as a child, is reluctantly adopted into a band of forest bandits after her parents are killed by soldiers in a purge against magic. For some reason, though, I just couldn't engage with the characters and ended up not being much affected by their fates or having any inclination to read book two.
LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
