The Inquisition picks up a year after the previous story's end, finding Fletcher in jail, where he's been the entire year. Some life-changing events are tied up in the trial, and before we know it, Fletcher is being sent to the jungles to help lead a covert mission of rescue and destroy (not necessarily in that order). Fletcher has to work with his friends and enemies, and keep his wits about him when things aren't what they seem.

I enjoyed this book at least as much as the first book. Fletcher's abilities were established, and in fact had grown between books. Old friendships and rivalries came back into play, as well as some new characters to love. The race & class warfare are still there, and in the case of race warfare, even more so.

I wasn't super excited about the beginning of the book, knowing that Fletcher would be in jail, and that the people with all the power would make it very difficult for him to prove himself innocent. They did that and then some. Of course, I knew he'd either be exonerated or escape, because otherwise, there'd be no rest of the book. And with the end of his prison time came a big turn-around for his life.

The rest of the book, which was preparation for and executing of the covert mission into orc territory, was interesting and, at times, exciting. A few things happened that led me to notice that Fletcher, in both books, has a tendency to fall into a trope where good things happen to him simply because he's a nice guy. Learning important information, chance encounters, unlikely allies, things like that. I am not trying to say this is a bad trope--it never bothered me when it happened, but it was a trend I noticed.

After I finished the book, I realized there were a couple of elements that seemed to be left as loose ends. I can't say much more without spoiling them, but they didn't seem to be the kind of thing where I'd expect to see them resolved in the next book. It seemed more like the author forgot about them. Maybe they'll show up again in the future though, who knows.

There were a few things that happened near the end that are a twist of some kind. One of them I figured out early. One I kept speculating on, and turned out to be wrong. And one, the way the book ends, in fact, I did not see coming at all. Unlike the "cliffhang" from book 1 to book 2, I'm very excited to see how book 3 picks up from where this one left off. ( )

Albino Orc?? Dwarves who lost their birthright??? Elven war??? Capturing and training monsters??? School for gifted children??? Talented Orphan??

Harry Potter?? LOTR??? Pokemon????????

But I enjoyed it thoroughly LOL ( )

This is a good fantasy series, the magic system with the summoned demons reminds me of the Japanese video game series "Shin Megami Tensei", the major difference being that so far in the novels you can not fuse two or three of your demons into one single much more powerful demon. I hope that the author does this in future volumes I think it could be interesting.


When Fletcher rescued the blue gremlin from the fighting pit I immediately thought of dobby the house elf, and in some ways this played out similarly.

I also liked that they brought alchemy into this series in this book it also could lead to some interesting story lines, as in this book it saves the day for another exciting cliffhanging conclusion.



I'll be starting book 3 " The Battlemage" right now as I want to see how the story ends. ( )

teen/adult fantasy/adventure fiction - part 2 of series -- First half of this felt like housekeeping --wrapping up the ends from the first book and setting up for the adventure of the second book--I could have done with less time spent in jail/in courtroom. The second half was more of the adventure that I anticipated, but then it abruptly ended in another cliffhanger.

I am liking the series ok (I know it has many loyal fans) but personally I'm not inclined to continue reading any more. ( )

I thought this started of with a BANG, immediately taking off from page one, right where the first book left us. . Then we come to another pobstacle that Fletcher has to come around and we find out who his identity really is....
But then there is this lull in the store that was painstakingly difficult to get though . Then the mission... Man this was intense as all get out. With a slight romantic feel, a definite nail biter and then the SHOCKER REVEAL.. I found myself shouting at the characters in the book. This book in the series drops you off on a HIGH cliff, that of Mt. Everest, before it ends...

LOVING IT ( )