SPOILER ALERT!!!!

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

So I just got a rather negative three-star review of The Zone, specifically the ending. I thought I would explain a bit.

The idea for The Zone was a story of personal redemption. The protagonist leads his people into a house, and that event shadows him for the duration of the novel, culminating with his solo intrusion into another house, complete with the crayon box. The outcome of that final encounter was not the issue, but rather the full circle and the redemption in the protagonist’s mind.

Given he was wearing body armor should indicate he was not suicidal, and that he was going up against computer hackers means he had a decent chance of survival. But I wanted to end the story where it began.

It was a ambitious effort, and one that might have exceeded my grasp. The Zone has sold OK, but it only has 17 reviews.

The Wastrel’s ending has also taken some flak, including a passionate one-star review. When you crank out as many books as I do, a very real worry is that you turn into one of those guys whose every book is just a re-named version of the same.

Plus the story flows where the story flows.