A solid read, but did not stay with me after I finished it - good for voracious readers of epic fantasy, but does not cross the line into an excellent book.
The Norlander fantasy race is interesting (somewhere between vampires and drow) and the world is well conceived, but some of the characters seem superfluous and it is never quite explained how a Norlander and Shadari can have a child when they can't touch each other (Characters even call it impossible, but it's never explained).
(Received copy free at World Fantasy Con).