I've got a fever...

This book needs more coolshit. I got my drunken zombie cobras, but now I'm lost and without immediate goals. I have assassins and angst and chase scenes and lots of desert, but some vital spark is missing. I need more masks, to keep up the leit motif from the first two books, but I don't think I can stick a masked ball in this one. Maybe the ghulim wear masks and have silent balls in their city under the mountains...

What else does this book need?