What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory in their pointless death?

There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way.

After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.

Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is.

The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution.

What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory in their pointless death?