Resurrection, by Paul Kemp. This is the final book in the War of the Spider Queen, and but damn, I was actually satisfied with a conclusion (versus the general opinion of say, the third Matrix). I mean, maybe I didn't like what happens to some of the charaters because I particularly liked them, but I thought at least they ended well, for the most part. This is one of those books/series I could go on and on about, so I'll cut myself off with mentioning the espionage, intrigue, dom/sub 'romance,' tense swordplay, clever magic duels, and a huge amount of depth and complexity in all sorts of gender and ethical themes for beer+pretzel fantasy.