Throne of the Crescent Moon

I liked the ending, which was swift and not entirely unexpected - but exciting.

Faily standard and competent fantasy fare, except for one or two things that do make it stand out a bit: middle-aged heroes rather than young folk; and a Middle Eastern flair (though safely generic, not to be identified with any specific religion or place), which I don't read enough of. The verses of in-world poetry dropped here and there sound a bit weak compared to those Middle Eastern poets that I do know, but then again, I really know very little about Middle Eastern poetry.