I finished this a while back. Just forgot to add a review to it. Let me just say that it was definitely NOT a disappointment. Meikle has an amazing ability to take something from legend and make it feel so real, while at the same time keeping the purity of the original legends (not the modern cartoon version of those legends, but the real, gritty, historical ones) in tact. Whenever I read a Meikle book, I find myself shaking my head and wishing I could write just half the book Willie does. He's amazing. Do yourself a favor and read the entire series.