A bit too brief an overview but when you only use a little more than 200 pages to explain 80 years of cobflict you're going to cut things short. It was a good starting point for me though.

At first I thought this was going to be a Harry Potter rip-off with the talking books and a restricted section in the library. Instead it ended up being a fun plane read after a long conference. Nothing too serious, even if it does involve cancer, murder, stabbings, abortion, and prophecies. Not probably a book I'd read again, but I enjoyed it all the same.