[CRussel]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

A question for those who've read all four books (so far) in this series: I typically don't like to start a series until it's finished (or at least reached a very solid and satisfying stopping point). If I read the next three books, am I going to reach such a satisfying jump-off point? Or will I be left completely in the lurch waiting for books as yet unpublished? I'm a very patient waiter, but I just like to know before-hand.

Originally Posted by din155

Thanks DD. I also would like to know that before I start rest of the series.

Hmmm. I haven't read book 4 yet in this round, though I'm about to. My memory is that, like the first 3 books, it ends at a reasonable place, but I was definitely ready for the next and could see what it needed to be. It was not, as some books recently, left at a total cliff-hanger where you felt like the author hit her/his xxx number of pages and simply stopped.

Ms. Kirstein hasn't publicly said when she's going to have the next book ready (at least that I've seen), but she is, finally, actively working on it as her "day job", so I'm hopeful.

Originally Posted by Dazrin

I really enjoyed this (other than the torture and death of the whole keep parts already mentioned) and will be continuing the series at some point.

I did find myself wondering how many of the obvious clues wouldn't have been obvious if I didn't know that this was a science fiction book rather than a fantasy book.

CRussel tried very hard not to spoil things (Thank you!) but just knowing that the book was science fiction rather than fantasy is enough to make you look at the book in a different way. I found myself looking at anything "magic" and asking "what is the SF interpretation of this?" and now I am wondering how much more satisfying some of the reveals would have been if this had been in the free-for-all category and nothing was said about genre.

You're welcome, Dazrin, but I'm convinced you'd have picked up on them no later than the middle of the book. But I couldn't propose it for this category without at least what I did say (and even as it was, Jon got a bit excited.)

But wait until you move forward in the series. There's all sorts of SF things going to happen, only some of which have to do with "magic" and/or "wizards".