This is the 11th book in the foreigner series. The writing continues to be superb, the story engaging, and the plot involved. This volume finds Bren at his home on the coast with the dowager and her grandson in residence. Things quickly head south as the neighboring estate had been infiltrated by agents from the Marid and now Bren needs to track down who is actually plotting against who to avoid an all out war. I don’t like to give too many story points away in these short summaries, so I’ll avoid the exact ending but the story doesn’t conclude as much as it just ends. It’s rare to read an 11th book and find it as engaging and as hard to put down as the 1st. I can’t wait for number 12 and hopefully 13,14, and 15.