Interesting. The setting is descreibed, by other people I’ve known, as being “morally grey” and all that… but, of course, a setting being “morally grey” can also be a mask for the author’s own views on the matter. I think I sometimes see this with A Song of Ice and Fire but I would still recommend that series wholeheartedly to you and everyonen else. But even so, I know that an author is rarely, if ever, impartial.