I enjoyed this book, but I wanted to point out to the author that, as far as I know, if you slice someone's throat open with a sword, they're not going to be able to scream in agony. Also, I can't figure out how Alex was able to kill so many people and never once have to explain himself to the authorities. He worried about killing nobility because he could be hanged, but killing lower-class riffraff apparently wasn't an issue. I'll be passing this along for someone else to enjoy, if they have fewer quibbles about plot points than I did.