A Dance of Mirrors (Previously: A Dance of Death)

A Dance of Mirrors by David Dalglish
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Dalglish really did it with this book! The characters, the speed, the intrigue... Everything just falls into place.

Haern has conquered Veldaren and is now keeping the Trifect and the Thief Guilds under control. But down in the south, hundreds of miles away, someone has started to kill, leaving the mark of the Watcher behind him.
This leads Haern (a.k.a. the Watcher) to the city of Angelport. There he finds himself trying to understand the rules of a new city, the peoples intentions and Wraith's intentions. Everything is way more complicated than in Veldaren. People are backstabbing each other, the Merchant Lords craving for power and money and the city is about to fall in to war with the elves.
Together with Alyssa Gemcroft and the former faceless woman Zusa they battle the unknown, both with blades and words. But can a city that fallen be saved? Are the Wraith and Angelport the mirror images of the Watcher and Veldaren?

I was hooked from the moment they arrived in Angelport. And as everything went downhill, I felt despair. So many times I thought they'd reached the bottom, and they just continued falling. Dalglish, thank you for this adventure. This was a journey I would never want to e without. To feel with the characters like this, that shows that they are well written, and there are way too few well written characters today. Thank you for giving me some fictional characters to care about!

If you've read the first book and then stopped reading, start again. This book is worth it.