The book is subtitled “A Novel of Crosspointe”. This book is the first of three published so far, according to the author’s website.
I liked the novel, though the heroine bets beat up again and again, almost beyond endurance. If you think Harry Dresden’s always getting hurt, Lucy’s in such deep hot water and so near death and disaster that it’s hard to keep reading. Despite starting with action, it took time for my interest to develop. And Lucy’s problems go on and on, snowballing and making for a pain filled life for the vast majority of the book.
A few scenes stick a bit– like the time near the end when Lucy says she won’t take it any longer, but a half-hour slips by in the next sentence. But overall it’s an interesting book and a well done world. I’m interested in the sequels, particularly with new main characters. Lucy (and, to a lesser extent, Martin) have completed their arc.