Excellent write up! I was debating whether to read these or not, and the parts of the amazon show I watched made me wonder if it was worth it. You make it sound very interesting. Gotta love some well-done world building.
I had a sense from the show that the books might go into a lot of depth beyond what we see in the show and that's definitely true.
The events are also sufficiently different that the show barely spoils the books.
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