While it is the shortest book in the series, it is in many ways the best. I do not think it would have worked as well had he not written the other four books so well to set this one up, but it still manages to deliver on all the potential the previous books promised. The brevity also makes this one a real page turner, as a previous reviewer has mentioned. I stayed up reading for 5 hours straight once I got to a certain point because I just could NOT wait til morning to see what transpired. How would Tavi or Isana or Gaius get out of this situation? What would they do next? I could not stop turning pages to answer these burning questions, and I was never disappointed when I finally did get there. By the end I was left so eager for the next installment I regretted reading it so fast with the prospect of another YEAR to wait to follow up on the final end note!
