I’m glad I finished the book since it was an interesting ending. I almost didn’t finish it. I like sci-fi and fantasy, so this book sounded right up my alley. I don’t like slavery books and there is a lot of that here. The truly difficult aspect of the book though, is Charlie’s continued disbelief of the evidence before him and his poor decisions based on unsupportable assumptions. The ending would have me getting the next book if not for the fear of more of Charlie’s stubborness. I couldn’t take another three quarters of a book of denial.