Loved the ending - won't give it away here! ( )

So the story finally has a happy ending and known space, that is The Trade Pact space is safe. Why does it always have to be the universe at stake and our hero unable to move forward w/o his true love, life mate, bonded one, chosen, blah blah. It may have been the only way to resolve the situation created by the previous volume, but that was not the sort of problem you should want to solve so it is best not written. Besides, Kate Elliott did it as the finale to [Crown of Stars] where it could be properly interred as history. ( )

Jason Morgan is alone, left behind when Sira led the Clan back to their real existence as energy beings in another universe. But the Trade Pact is still in danger: not quite all of the Clan are gone, threatening to shatter reality. And they are not the only threat. Now a disparate group of humans, aliens, and reanimated Clan must find a way to save the Trade Pact--and all of existence.

Czerneda has created some very alien aliens in this seris. They are also very real, and even comprehensible, people. The series has seemed to come to an end several times, but this does appear to be the actual final chapter. It's a satisfying one. ( )