Fantastic book even if you have not read the first one you can understand it and gets you on track to wear the the plot was and were it is going. There are some old English names in this book e.g names of people and towns but at the start there is a map and all the names and what they mean and what they are. The map helps so you know were the main character is and is going. A really good book and looking forward to the rest of the books.