4/5
I've been wanting to read more of Kingfisher's books set in the Saint of Steel universe, and this is a fun adventure that feels like it's creating the foundation that Saints of Steels grows on following a disgraced paladin, a forger, an assassin, and a holy scholar on a mission to reach Anuket City.
This is a duology, and the ending felt like a halfway point in a larger story rather than a conclusion to a story within just this novel.