by Dan Simmons
I enjoyed the first book, but this one just seemed really...long.
I lost interest at about page 400 but continued in the hopes the book would resolve the larger issues. Ultimately it did not and I walked away feeling like the author had lost interest in the story also. Disappointing considering I have read other books by Simmons and enjoyed them.
This is a worthy companion to Illium, but not quite as good.