well, ive read the trilogy, and they were okay, but developed into too much of a love story for me. eveything everyone had questioned so far about the first book is answered in the secound. And i thought Rhapsody was too perfect, and technically, i dont know how Achmed put up with her. but i did love Rhapsody's And Achmed's relationship (no, there is no romance between them) and achmed remains one of my all time favorite book characters.
and Firbolg were a tribe of Irish or Scottish men in old times. Big hairy brutes....or so the legends go......