Very interesting and excellent book! Sara has a new role to play involving houses and swords. Her trip to hell to get the Magician has her hiding something from the Magician and not accepting the results of it herself. Nigel has an interesting role with the houses. Sara must accept her role as head of the house and fight for it as well. A past nemesis will affect many of her decisions. The book ends with a very interesting twist. Read and enjoy as I am off to read the next in the series!