It is not very good. The author has little knowledge of grammar. He also has little skill when writing a story that flows. He apparently has no feel for writing, nor skill for it.The system of magic is hobbled together from other authors' fiction. The characters, dialogue, and plot are very flat. I would stay away from this novel.I have not read any more things written by the author, thus I am not going to advise against any other of his novels. It does take practice to attain, at the very least, skill in writing. I am very surprised this was published at all. This novel needs a lot of work.