Ace, no disrespect ... Because to me, I feel the ending of the story pretty much ruined this book. I loved all of your other books, and believe that they where well written, I even enjoyed this book until the end. I know you left warnings at the beginning of the book, but his problems and how he got there wasn't my problem. I guess I wish one of the warnings would have been that the main characters dies at the end. When I pick out a story to read, my expectation is to hopefully find one that at the end, it will make me fill uplifted. Now I know sometimes you have to trudge through the more darkness part of life to get there, like your other books I've read ... I don't know ... what I do know is that you are a great story teller, and I hope Eli's story is better than how this book turned out. Even though I'm a little scared to read them now, from this last chapter, you gave me hope that it will. Good luck with your other books, I hope they are as successful as I believe your book are that I've read in the past. Happy writing.
Mark