John Twelve Hawks' ultra-paranoid thriller trilogy finally loses some of its steam in part three. It's still enjoyable but Hawks replaces some of the breathless action scenes with events that are needed to put the story to an end. This includes lots and lots of speeches and long scenes in another conscious realm. The actual writing is probably better in this than the other two books but since it's less action focused, it doesn't have the same "page-turning" quality the others had.

Maybe I'm just super paranoid but some of the things Hawks writes about are already here or are on there way and that's truly frightening. Topics such as cities with extreme levels of monitoring, RFID chip implants, secretive shadow governments w/ no accountability of power are things in our world right this very second. In the guise of fighting terrorism, Americans have tossed away all kinds of civil rights just to be "safe" from an attack from an unknown enemy that may or may not happen. The enemy itself might just be a creation to promote fear which allows a certain level of control by the population lessoning their concern over personal liberties. Frightening stuff.

So, these books are based in some reality even though they are firmly in the sci-fi world of "what-if." Fun series though.

Wait, what just happened here? I love d the first two books and yet I feel like someone dropped the ball on this one. Compared to the first two, I found this book so slow. This one was about mental awareness and whatnot which normally isn't an issue, but when it comes on the heels of a suspenseful action and you're waiting for a grande finale it is somewhat disappointing. I kept waiting and waiting and it never came. The end of this book just kind of fizzled out which I think was a great injustice to the other two. Overall, I liked the Forth Realm trilogy, but was highly disappointed by the ending.

Oh Man! I can't believe this is the end of the Fourth Realm Trilogy. I want more! I had an idea about one or two of the events that occured. But most of them did surprise me. And I don't feel like all the answers were given. Which is why I need more. That & I think this book was well written. J12H raises some very interesting points on what he calls 'The Vast Machine' and our freedom.

I'm on the fence about how I feel about this book. But I'll give it 4 stars because it was so hard to put down.

A good ending to the story. keeps you on your toes till the end.

The ending was a little too easy, but I enjoyed the book immensely.

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