Ahoy there mateys! This was a decent conclusion to the Lotus Kingdoms trilogy.  The plus side has the reader getting some answers for why the worlds worked the way they do (interesting if not completely fleshed out).  I also continued to love the strong female characters.  The downsides were too many characters so that not all were given adequate page time or resolution. Plus there was a slow start to the novel in general.  I really wanted more time with the scientist magicians and the Gage.  I wasn't completely satisfied by the ending and who the bad guys were.  I admit that I preferred the first trilogy set in the Eternal Sky world but am still glad to have read this one.  Arrr!