Sigh... warlord.... I read this book solely on Ilona Andrew's review....honestly by the end of the book, thats the only thing you think of. 
 I hope the book doesnt go like Windlegend series... which I adore the first book until the politics made a huge mess of it and Charlotte Boyett-Compo kill off the main female character and produce an identical twin... nightmare... 
 I would have made a proper review but I'm going to read the next book so in short : the book is mostly about politics, seduction without actual smuttiness, medicine (which I like, being biomed) and the character/world building is very intriguing. Keir is like a mixture of arabian sheikh and native american tribes. Oh well.. its a series, so... next