Falcio Val Mond is the First Cantor of the Greatcoats, a band of magistrates/soldiers put together by the King to lay down the low and be for the people. But the Dukes weren;t happy with the King and when they got together to kill him, the Greatcoats were left without their leader and their reputation ruined. Now Falcio and his friends Kest and Brasti are on a last mission for the King but end up getting framed for murder. Now they need to clear their name and find out who is behind it.

I loved this! It reminded me of The Three Musketeers - specially-trained soldiers with a special set of honour and values, and extremely loyal to the King and people. Falcio was a great character to follow with a dark past of his own and I loved how the tale of the King and his formation of the Greatcoats came about, and his eventual demise. I liked that there was mention of female Greatcoats (though I would have loved for one of them to be a main character, such as if Kest or Brasti was female) but there were strong female characters such as the Duchess, the Tailor and Aline.

The second half of this book was stronger for me that the first half. I think it just took me a while to get into the story, though I'm not sure why, but once Falcio started protecting Aline the story got going for me and I didn't want to put it down. The ending was fantastic and I seriously can't wait for the next book!