I'll be honest: I've only read 2 Dark Age novels thus far -- Flight of the Falcon and Blood of the Isle. I have A Rending of Falcons on my to-read stack but haven't gotten to it yet, sadly.
Are there any DA novels that are must-reads in order to understand the goings on in A Bonfire of Worlds? I've heard Bonfire ties up a lot of loose plot threads, but I'm honestly not sure what any of those threads are.
What would everyone recommend for the overall big-picture plot that Bonfire finishes out?