Can Threadbare protect his students - including his love interest Damala - from the latest attack from Anti-Tech Terrorists? How about the government's sadistic inspector Mah and their attempt to control the situation? How about someone who has an answer, though it is no less controlling?
"Fractured, Fragment 02" is the fourth and final entry of Kerry Nietz's dystopian Sci Fi Dark Trench Shadow Series, and it is as exciting as the previous three books in this collection ("Frayed," "Fraught," and "Fractured Fragment 01") and his three part Dark Trench Saga ("A Star Curiously Singing," "The Superlative Stream," and "Freeheads").
Nietz has this wonderful practice of including the story of his novel in his acknowledgements. In that wrap up in Fragment 01, he mentioned that his plan was to have one story, but it became too long for one book so he had a cliffhanger (he usually doesn't have cliffhangers) before continuing with this one. In Fragment 02, Nietz states this is the final book of the series, and says that it is more like "Revenge of the Sith" than "Return of the Jedi."
One question I ask about novels that are part of a series is whether to read them in order to enjoy them fully. Good question. One problem is that the two series I've mentioned overlap in such a way that you cannot avoid spoiling a surprise reveal in this book and "Freeheads." I would advise, if you have started reading the Dark Trench Shadow series, continue reading that before going to the earlier series. If not, I'd recommend reading the Dark Trench Saga first and then read this series.
I highly recommend this book, this series, Dark Trench Saga, and everything else he wrote (including his wonderful Peril in Plain Space trilogy, starting off with the classic "Amish Vampires In Space," his collabortion "Just Dumb Enough" which he co-wrote with a half dozen other authors including John Otte, Morgan Busse and Jill Williamson, and his autobiography "Fox Tales").
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