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I was wildly disappointed in that series. A great premise that fizzled out about 3/4ths of the way through the first book. I powered through, and started the second, and gave up maybe five chapters in.

If the concept of world-hopping intrigues you, Charles Stross's "Merchant Princes" series does it better.

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I'm really glad to see this wasn't just my experience.

I absolutely loved the premise of the first book. Every time I think about it I get the same kind of excitement I feel when I come up with the perfect idea for a D&D campaign.

But the second book gathers dust on my shelf, and no matter how many times I think "I should get back into these!" I just can't. The first book ended in a fizzle and the second completely failed to keep my attention.

I'll take a look at Merchant Princes and see if that's more to my liking!

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