I hate to say this, because by this time in Uhtred's life most of my favorite characters are dead, but I think this might be the best of all the Saxon stories thus far. 
 The story of this was like a mystery unraveling and for the first time I kind of felt like I was solving it with Uhtred instead of being told by the genius Uhtred after the mystery had unraveled. 
 We get to see his son as the mighty warrior he will surely someday be, and we finally catch a glimpse of gratitude from some of the people he protects. I'm chomping at the bit for the next one.