This book for me could be easily described as 'take everything from Magic: the gathering I don't like (or even hate) and put it in one single book.' And this sentence would probably include the foil image of Jace on the cover.
Anyway the book starts with a prologue where we see two planeswalkers talk about something in the blind eternities. Later the book starts in "Dissension" Ravnica where we meet our principal characters - Liliana and a person who is something between a blue control mage and expert warrior. Later we find out the truth about this mysterious person. The book goes back in time and a majority of it is retrospective.
In this part we learn about the life of Jace (the whole book is about Jace so...um). First his wandering in Ravnica and later working for the Infinite Consortium now coordinated by Tezzeret (his name makes more sense now after reading this book).
The book goes back to the present (in which Jace ran away from the Consortium) later on and we read about Jace and Liliana kind of trying to take the Consortium down. We learn more about the mysterious necromancer Liliana and her 'secrets' even though the reader is left alone with all his presumptions about the secrets. Now I would fancy a book about Liliana where her secrets would be unveiled.
Anyway I expected the book to end with well some undecided position for all the planeswalkers (as they are still alive now in "Alara") but I did not expect it to end like this. (you have to read the book yourself - not going to tell you).
There are few funny quotes and stories. One notable fight is 'Desolation Angel' vs some elemental in Ravnica. I just can't imagine the solemn angel flying literally THROUGH that nasty sewer/fungi aberration that was summoned to kill the principal characters.
Jace sitting on a sphinx is also quite a nice imagition^_~.
The best expected funny quote was when Tezzeret was talking to Jace about Nicol Bolas. I was waiting for Tezzeret to mention the very fact about Bolas that he is actually a dragon^_~. I had to read the whole conversation through to finally read it with my own eyes as this was the last thing Tezzeret said to Jace. Was quite fun^_^.
Anyway that's about the book...um for now
Personal rating: um 2/5
Conclusion: Even though I give this book 2 out of 5 it surely does not mean that the book is bad. Actually the book is well written, with good twists and good flow. (ok it starts a bit too slow for me but accelerates and gets far better). I simply could not stand Jace and Tezzeret...But the fact that I hate Jace after reading this book is a sign that the book is good.
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