Review: Conclusion of a great story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2013
Ethan, a scholar and the teacher of the royal children is now the Czar of Stritonoly, and the last one, though the man who captured Princess Becki asserts that he is the chosen one meant to rule the purple planet.  The story continues with Ethan being led down into the secret dungeon, a place where the Acidel are tortured, and a place no Czar has ever been privy to before now, though Ethan is only visiting in his dreams.  Gunther, the head of all of the soldiers on Stritonony is a law unto himself, sure than no Czar would be able to make the hard decisions, and so the torture of innocents is kept a secret.Princess Becki is being held captive by Strito, the man who is sure he's the true one to rule Stritonoly, but in reality, the princess will always rule over Strito.  Cut off from the Acidel sweat, she now wants revenge from the beings that she feels are evil.  I did think that Princess Becki might have had a point since she became addicted to their swear by accident.  What would be the evolutionary purpose of the Acidel sweat if it drives humans mad? Do the Acidel have to be totally innocent to even out their poisonous secretions?Barok is on his way back to the Citadel, forever changed after his encounter with the Spiderons, ready to free his people, or at least die with them.  By losing himself to the Spideron, he's finally found out who he is and what he stands for.Building towards the exciting climax, the Last Czar completes the trilogy.  Two dimensions worth of characters, intimately intertwined by their emotions and actions, fall prey to the fate their character make inevitable.This was certainly one of the most original series I've ever read.  Fantasy is combined with the modern, mixed in with the spiritual, and a good old fashioned fight between good and evil.  William L. K. writes a complicated story with remarkable ease.  It's the sort of story you'll go on thinking about long after you've read the last page, and in fact, it's compelling enough to reread just to catch all the clues he's woven into the different worlds to make them in reality, only one.The Stritonoly trilogy would make a good book for young adult readers on up to adults.  The excellent layering the author builds upon gives readers of differing levels something to enjoy.  And just as important, the artwork on the covers of each of the three books are perfectly fitted to the stories, without giving too much away.  In fact, once you've read the story, you enjoy the covers even more.  Remarkable work.  You can't help but want to pick up the books just by the covers.The ending was satisfying for me as a reader.  The author brought together all the elements of the story, while leaving the reader with something to ponder afterwards.  I look forward to reading more from this talented author.