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I was checking Amazon to see exactly where my copy of Girl Genius vol 4 is, and happened to glance at the information section:

Ship Carrier: USPS
Tracking Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Status: In transit

Order #: XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX
Shipment Date: Apr 24, 2006
Destination: Richardson, TX, United States
Estimated Arrival: Dec 23, 2005

David Keck, In the Eye of Heaven
Tor (2006) ISBN: 0-765-31320-0
Score: 0

Start of an epic fantasy series, this is the same type of story as Gene Wolfe's The Knight (but with an easier to understand style): young man wants to be a famous knight, but the author (through the setting's gods) is determined to much his life as painful as possible. I much prefer characters who have free will (ones who aren't repeatedly surprised at their own words and actions), and supernatural elements that follow rules (and therefore part of the setting, not just plot devices). I might have actually finished this if Erikson's The Bonehunters hadn't shown up in the mail.

Next Book: Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters