[Sindai]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
I thought it was pretty good. But I have not bought the sequel... it (the first one) has a big, epic scope, but he makes his characters suffer a lot.

The word you use to make that sound cool is "gritty."

GRRM certainly has that grittyness, in spades. Things certainly don't get any nicer in the next couple of books, believe you me.