I have one of Sutcliffe's novels waiting to be read, I think Eagle of the Ninth. I read The Shining Company and loved it in a way you can only love a book that was hard to get through. Wolf Song I found tougher to keep reading, because it wasn't assigned reading, but there's no doubt she's a masterful writer. Her stories aren't the kind I usually get into, though. Have to be in a certain mood for taking on a challenge...

I really liked what I managed to read of The Name of the Wind, but it felt mostly like superbly done epic fantasy to me. What was the problem with The Exiled Queen? What does Chima usually write?