This series was great until this book came along, and I know it's hard to end a series, but this felt like a crap shoot. Basically it was like every event/win before was pointless, and the author slammed a bunch of travels all together into one book. I felt that Pendragon never truly reached his "hero" status. The ones who did were Courtney and Mark. Bobby still was whining, and needing people to reassure him on every move. Even at the end. The final showdown was confusing, and not well written. And I wish the author had not ended this YA series with a more Adult ending for our hero. The better finale book was book #9.