I quit! I don't usually stop in the middle, but after 200 pages, I felt that I'd read enough. The writing isn't bad, and there are some interesting characters and situations, but it's a problem for me to read one-third of a book and still not have a feel for the main character. OK, he's a sorcerer, lots of power, lots of magical battles, blah blah blah... but that's about it. If someone has read this, loved it, and wants to tell me why I should stick with it, I'd be happy to hear about it. Otherwise, I think I've read enough to decide that it's not for me. And it's not that I've wandered into the wrong genre -- this should have been right up my alley. Oh well, can't love everything.