All of the other reviews I have read for this book pretty much explain it better than I can. All I can say is that I have thouroughly enjoyed the first 2, The Sword and The Ring, and I can't wait to get The Chalice (I should have ordered it before I started the second book but I forgot!). I had read Chesters Alien Chronicles series and loved those. So when I found these books I was in heaven. The only thing that I have to complain about is in the beginning, there was almost *too* much disaster, too many bad things, and not enough good things that happened that I was getting frustrated. But overall a definite page turner.