Hugh has very little time and he knows that there is a chance that he and his allies fail even after using their complete power. The Lost City of Ithos and A Traitor in Skyhold are waiting for those who will finish this book without any break and will show hunger for more of such stuff.
The author has not wasted a lot of time in describing different conspiracies in this book. John Bierce comes directly to the point and then the war takes over the entire tale. Mighty heroes will fall in this story and legends will be made because surviving such a thing needs a lot of courage. Those who will perish will be forgotten as their names would be wiped out from the face of the world.