Books like The Fallen Fortress

Solid four star book in this, the fourth book (of five) in the Cleric Quintet series.This is the big showdown (not really sure what's left to do in the fifth book) where Cadderly, Danica, Ivan & Pikel Bouldershoulder descend on Castle Trinity and battle it out with Aballister. Salvatore drops everything on the page - we've got dragons, chimera's, hydra's, orcs, goblins, magic showdowns. Good stuff.Why not a five star rating? Because nothing really happened with the characters. No growth. No development. Not much real interaction. Salvatore's strength (including his battle sequences) has always been character and it almost pains me to say that this book lacked a little on the character front. Still...a really good read. I recommend it. I can't wait to get to the next book in the series.