Another excellent entry, Sword of Justice is everything historical fiction should be: well-researched, believable, and grounded, while not letting concrete dates and events get in the way of a good story.

Sword of Justice is a bit less gritty than the previous novels - there are fewer battles, less brutal violence and more politics and scheming as William Gold becomes more established as a knight and comes into the Count of Savoy's orbit. It makes for a slower-paced novel, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Gold gets to spend some time with his family, and having Gold be more directly involved in the political intrigue was a nice change of pace.

It can feel at times like Gold is a bit of a Mary Sue, and he is. He always wins, and if he loses he doesn't that badly, and sometimes it can stretch the limits of believability. But remember the frame story: this is Gold telling his own story, and is meant to be taken with a little salt.

Good stuff.