I received this book via NetGalley.

Wow, what a strong book to finish off the trilogy! Thompson has established a series that is both weird western and epic fantasy--a world that is familiar and yet wholly original with its distinct fae and dying gods. Elim and Sil made a hazardous visit to Island Town in book 1. When hapless and endearing Elim commits murder and Sil is hanged, things get worse and worse: Elim is dragged through the desert to face justice with his victim's people, and Sil isn't quite so dead as he seems. The cast is diverse and fantastic, from mer-folk to crow-folk to gods almost faded from the earthly realm. If you love created languages, you'll delight in Thompson's use of language and perceived language from character to character.

As I started to read, I felt a tad lost because it's been a while since I read the last book and there are a lot of complex character to keep track of. But once I got into it, it truly hooked me--even more so than the previous books. I had a strong sense of how everything was culminating at long last, and wow, were there some surprises... leading up to an absolutely perfect final line. ( )