“Final volume in the Fencer trilogy by K.J. Parker. Better than the last volume: the battles and tactics were worked out much better here. The doom and dramatic irony come to a reasonable conclusion.
Overall though, having read them in reverse order, this seems like a bit of a dress researsal for the later Scavenger and Engineer trilogies, which cover the same ground only better.
If you haven't read Parker before, it's probably best to skip over this trilogy and go straight on to the later ones.”