Dustin's World 7. W.A.R.

Full disclosure: I have not read the previous sections of this series.

That aside, this story is able to stand alone on its own merits.  The author did a wonderful job expressing all of the individual characters' motivations and kept just enough back to keep you invested in wanting to read the next chapter.  While maintaining continuity with his previous works, his ability to insert the past into the present made it easy to identify and learn about the shared past of all the characters.

It is a wonderful and remarkable story on how, even in the darkest hour, there is always hope that there will be a better day coming.  And in that, the author kept Dustin's plight realistic as to how far he has to fall before he finds the faith in himself and in his friends to rise up.

A wonderful tale and while the author may be done with this series, I hope he has other stories in mind for the future.

A grand conclusion to an epic tale.

All the threads we were following in the earlier books in the W.A.R. series have been woven together in the the final book that we needed to read. We get to catch up on many characters from throughout the series with a few surprises and even more sad but predictable outcomes. Like the best stories, unfortunately, this story leaves you wanting more – and the author has been pretty emphatic that this is his final story here on GA.