Over the course of three books it has been a pretty even split, but within books Hayes highlights a few of his characters and lets them shine. Instead of giving every character an equal amount of space in each book his treatment of page space is very organic. Hayes, thus far, has done a very nice job bring some characters to the front of action and letting others just do their thing in the background. Well, as you can guess from the title of this book, he gets his due this book. One thing I noticed in the previous book, Split the Party, was that everyone in the NPC group got some degree of advancement in their abilities and skills except for the rogue. We are well beyond the simple "What is NPCs had to pretend to be PCs in a universe that follow RPG rules?" and are now emotionally invested in the characters and now have a fascinating cross-universe conspiracy of some sort. But Hayes has shown quite clearly that this series isn't a one trick pony. It would have been very easy for the the idea behind this book series to run out of steam. Great concept, fantastic characters, compelling plot, excellent character development, and a really fascinating universe. If I didn't know any better I would say that this book series ( Spells, Swords, & Stealth) was written specifically for my sensibilities.
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