There is all this talk out there about Authors drawing out the story line longer than it should be. I won't name the two that released this year. Well that's not the problem here. I liked the story, the action, the Hero's dedication. But, if there ever was a story that needed to be stretched it was this one. I like the book for what it was. David Farland was sick of writing and tried to wrap it up in short order. He left alot of things unanswered,unfinished and unsaid.