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Okay, all - the home stretch is upon us! This is the last batch of questions for the roller-coaster ride from chapter 49 on to the end. Jan did all but one of the questions (yay, Jan!), and since things were moving along pretty quick in this last section, I didn't try to break things out by chapter, although the questions are generally ordered by the events in the book.
Let's see what discussion we get going here!
- At this point in the story, almost at the end, did you speculate at all about what the ending might be, how all of these different plot twists might be tied up? We'd love to hear your ideas!
- Tesh-Dar is killed by Borge, even though it was an act of sacrifice to save Shera-Khan. How did you feel about the way that scene worked?
- What was the significance of the blue glow around the throne in the Empress's Palace? How did you feel about Thorella being in that place?
- What did you think about what Mike's fingers did to Jodi at the end? Why do you think his fingers wrote the story this way? How would you have written it differently, if you would have?
- What were your thoughts as Reza was fighting Tara-Khan? Fair or unfair that he still had one more battle to fight before he could reach Esah-Zhurah?
- Near the end, were you worried that Reza had finally reached and saved Esah-Zhurah, only to die?
- Do you feel that Thorella truly got what he deserved?
- Were you surprised at the true power of the Empress at the end? What did you think of what happened to Thorella's Marines in the throne room?
- Were you happy with the way the story ended? Did you cry when Nicole visited the Obelisk Memorial? Did you like the way the author had Reza and Esah-Zhurah appear to Nicole one last time?
- Who here wants a sequel? How about a prequel?
<< you can definitely tell that Jan did this one!
- Bonus question: For those who stayed up until ridiculous hours at night to finish the book, why did you do it?
Let's see what discussion we get going here!

- At this point in the story, almost at the end, did you speculate at all about what the ending might be, how all of these different plot twists might be tied up? We'd love to hear your ideas!
- Tesh-Dar is killed by Borge, even though it was an act of sacrifice to save Shera-Khan. How did you feel about the way that scene worked?
- What was the significance of the blue glow around the throne in the Empress's Palace? How did you feel about Thorella being in that place?
- What did you think about what Mike's fingers did to Jodi at the end? Why do you think his fingers wrote the story this way? How would you have written it differently, if you would have?
- What were your thoughts as Reza was fighting Tara-Khan? Fair or unfair that he still had one more battle to fight before he could reach Esah-Zhurah?
- Near the end, were you worried that Reza had finally reached and saved Esah-Zhurah, only to die?
- Do you feel that Thorella truly got what he deserved?
- Were you surprised at the true power of the Empress at the end? What did you think of what happened to Thorella's Marines in the throne room?
- Were you happy with the way the story ended? Did you cry when Nicole visited the Obelisk Memorial? Did you like the way the author had Reza and Esah-Zhurah appear to Nicole one last time?
- Who here wants a sequel? How about a prequel?
- Bonus question: For those who stayed up until ridiculous hours at night to finish the book, why did you do it?