Gah, I think the waiting is even harder now, because there's still six months to go and all this did was whet my appetite ...

I knoooow. I had to count out the months on my fingers because I couldn't believe we're only halfway there. It feels like forever since the last book! At least this time last year there was a whole new Codex Alera novel to tide me over...

I think a re-read of the series may be in order. (After NaNo, of course.)