I'm still a bit mad that this book didn't come out last year when it was supposed to, but otherwise I have no complaints at all. Given the way this series has been escalating and with the way the last book ended, I was terrified he was going to pull a GRRM and need another book but, nope, Wexler's sense of what needs to be done in each book and the way the plot ought to chug along does not fail him and it all wraps up just as it should.
This series is SO GOOD YOU GUYS.
It's everything I wanted ASOIAF to be, but better because The Shadow Campaigns really wants you to love each and every one of its characters. While ASOIAF is invested in the question of grey morality and a gritty realism that looks less like the real world and more like a medievalism coated with a heavy coat of noir grime, The Shadow Campaigns asks "How do good and moral people make impossible choices? How can you do good in a world of battle and war?"
This is not a series for people who don't like battles (so many battles!), but if you love the idea of fantasy with strong roots in history...please read this.