by C.J. Cherryh
Got to around 20%...bogged down with not much happened. Plus a ton of "mysterious" and unexplained content, which I dislike.
August 2011 is "C.J. Cherryh Month" over at the Beyond Reality group. Earlier this month I read the science fiction selection Foreigner. Now I'm reading this novel as the fantasy selection (follow that link to join in the discussions, including a Q&A thread with the author).
One of those books I am a little on the fence on. Lots of great concepts and characters but the story was very dense and sometimes the writing style was a bit impenetrable. Not a fast read and I am not really sure I want to work so hard to read a fantasy book.