This is Weis and Hickman at their absolute best. An engaging storyline with great characters (spot the kender), "good" bad guys, and an interesting world with an interesting history. The biggest shame is that the first book in this trilogy was very much a separate story taking place some 200 years ago, while this one is obviously the first of two halves. I don't like trilogies like that. I'd prefer either three very distinctly separate books or two trilogies.This book is also very different from the first in the way the story was told. The first book was told from the perspective of the baddies while this is much more typical Weis and Hickman. However, while it's a little disappointing because it doesn't follow the first book in this manner, I preferred this book because it's more of what I expect from the authors. ( )

Book 2 of the Sovereign Stone Trilogy felt very much like a middle book. Not a bad story and you can tell it's leading up to something, but really nothing much seems to happen other than setting up book 3. I'm looking forward to the final book in the trilogy, but felt a bit like this was just a necessary step to the end. ( )