The End, and the New Beginning

An excellent novella, kindly released as a free serial by the author during the time of the covid-19 pandemic.

For the last few months I've been checking the author's website, eagerly looking to see if the next part had been posted. It really was something to look forward to, something I'll miss but fondly remember.

The story itself continues the story of Jarra and brings together many story threads. We not only get to see what happens to her next, but also find out what happened to many excellent characters from the early stories. In places it was very philosophical, reflecting very much on how we all change, and if we change are we still the same person? At another point there was one of the best written action scenes I have ever read, I can not praise it highly enough. To me action scenes only work if you care about the characters - Janet Edwards writes characters that seem real, and who you come to care deeply for. When they are in danger - you care.

Also, archaeologists uniting to defend the dig site! Oh yeah!

(can you tell I did archaeology?)

At the very end when it started looking to the next adventure I was practically vibrating with anticipation.

It really is an excellent ending and a brilliant new beginning to one of my favorite series, by my favorite author writing today.