Book Bloggin' 25th November 2013

Finished: Armageddon(Kirov Saga) by John Schettler

So, here it is. The final in the current Kirov saga. Or perhaps not. After discovering that it is infact Karpov who is responsible for the changes in the timeline that resulted in the end of humanity, Federov and crew go back to 1908 in order to prevent him from making things even worse. Do they succeed? Do they prevent an even worse catastrophe? Well, who knows? Instead, the author spruikes a bunch of spin off series that may or may not be written. It is at this point I realised why he had introduced all the other new characters in the previous volume (they were not at all part of this volume, except in the epilogues, as a lead in to spruiking more books). It is as a way to make more money. Do not be fooled. There is no conclusion to this series (well not a truely defining conclusion anyway) rather a fade off to a sales pitch. I find myself rather disappointed as I truly enjoyed this series and sadly the ending felt like it was abrogated in place of a sales pitch so that the author can make more money from  the multiple follow on series he has planned. It was like watching one of those tv sales pitches where if you buy one you get 2 for free!! Or don't worry no one gets hooked on drugs from just taking one, here take 2 instead & then you will be so hooked you won't care that there is no ending in sight! The sad truth for the author was he would have made more money from me at least, as I would happily have bought any spin off series, but now, with how this book ended, I feel like these books have been nothing more then a cheaply disguised way to make money rather than an author who is writing books for the pure joy of it. John Schettler is a great author, but I won't be buying any more of his book as honestly this has left me feeling a little dirty and used.

Too harsh? Maybe, but honestly this series started off so fantastically and was written so well(on the whole at any rate, there were a few misses) that to have it end this way just screams at me that the author is happy to sell himself to make more money. Maybe not the effect he was hoping to achieve (I suspect he was rather trying to sell the new book ideas), but that is how it came across to me.

Started: Elianne by Judy Nunn