Review Detail of Aldevon in Commanding Wind and Cloud

World is well built. The major institutions and world power balance is fairly well outlined reasonably early on. The protagonist’s unique “power” is a good balance between over powered and well regulated. His advantages are clear, but he isn’t able to just pull more power out of his $&” like some stories, and we are mostly led to believe that such an occurance wouldn’t even be possible. Character designs are well done, especially for a story with so many ancilary characters. Every friend added to the roster has clear and well defined motivations, personality, and character faults—something sorely lacking in many of these novels. Furthermore, the love interests are given proper time to develop instead of just being added to the collection and forgotten. The storyline also has clear and logical goalmarkers for the protagonist, so the build up for every major achievement has actual emotional payoff. If the story translations came out a little more frequently, it would be a top 10 novel.