I’ve just now finished reading Curtis Craddock’s third, and sadly final, book in his Risen Kingdoms novels. This was a joy to read. The characters remain fresh and surprising yet entirely consistent with the previous stories. The novel is full of swashbuckling daring-do, (aero)nautical adventure, and twists and surprises at every turn. The author continues to bring strong, smart, and capable female characters to the fore, in every way equal to the men in the setting. I’m sad that this is the final chapter we’ll get in the lives of these characters, but I’m hopeful in time the author will return to the setting to explore some of the other nations and cratons floating above the gyre. Even if he doesn’t I’m quite satisfied in the way the story ended.