These flawed characters seem very realistic but limited sympathy for the protagonists weakens those books. In and the main protagonists are similar but less sympathetic Galen. He's pretty unpleasant and deeply flawed, despite being driven towards goals that are good and unselfish. The Galen/The Crow is interesting in the context of some of Fisher's later works. Maybe one of the Makers was Welsh, or a group of the colonists? So I think Fisher wanted to sneak some Welsh culture to Anara. (It's a picturesque village in North Wales.) The girl protagonist also has a Welsh name Carys. There's a great sculpture of one outside the Betws y Coed Tourist Information Centre. This is an Anglicisation of the Welsh, Afanc, a mythical monster. There are various mutant/genetically modified creatures on Anara one of them lives in water and is called an Avanc. The Keeper and his scholar seem much the same as when we first met them at least in terms of character. Two of the protagonists seem to develop Carys and the Sekoi. The plot goes to some unexpected places and, unlike the previous volume, the quest makes sense. There are revelations about the Sekoi, the mysterious aboriginal cat-like people of the planet, Anara. Volume 3 is a return to form after the redundant volume 2 of this series.
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