I have just read the first four chapters and I can't wait to read the rest. Or, I can, because I have to, of course, but I don't want to. At all. Wait, I mean.

I love the Labyrinth books and reread them often. You are one of the best worldbuilders I have come across, and I have been reading fantasy (and sf) for fifty years. Also your characters are interesting and complex - they feel like real people.