City Without End

January 26, 2009
Kenyon concludes the Entire and the Rose space opera saga (after 2008’s A World Too Near
) with a pleasantly old-fashioned final race to save Earth’s universe, the Rose, from being consumed by the alien Tarig to power the Entire, a parallel universe. Earth agent Titus Quinn has temporarily stalled the Tarig plot. The Tarig attempt to enlist Quinn’s Entire-born daughter, Sydney, whom he abandoned years ago, but Sydney has revenge plans of her own. Meanwhile, Helice Maki, Quinn’s former fellow agent, schemes to build a powerful place for herself in the Entire, and the humans behind Project Renaissance plan to bring 2,000 of Earth’s best and brightest to the Entire before destroying the Rose. The plot is intricate, if not always coherent, with heroes and villains eventually sorted out just in time for the relatively predictable finale.

February 15, 2009
In the third Entire and the Rose novel, the conflict between the Entires rulers and those who would save the Rose comes to a head. Titus Quinn has the Tarig believing he still could destroy the Entire. Mo Ti, Sydneys disgraced advisor, tells Titus about Helice and her plans for renaissance, which, unbeknownst to Mo Ti, entail destroying the Rose. When Quinns sister-in-law finds out whats really going on, she takes drastic action to stop it. The series fast-paced adventure, solid world building, and fascinating characters wind this volume to a satisfying conclusion and promise lots more intrigue in the next.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)