The Shadow Rising is generally considered the best book of them series, and with good reason. I think it's a bit difficult to separate the books but when asked I say The Shadow Rising as well. It's a great book and I love
I started compiling a list too, lol. Both the library and the latest hiring post states that Gatekeepers need to be TS. Not sure if this is actually current practice tho, I don't pay as much attention to things as I used to