Lightof the Last is the third and final book in the War of the Realm series. I have read the
two previous books in the series; Cloakof the Light and Rise of the Fallen.
Both of the previous books were good reads; this book follows right along with
them. Although, I must say, if you were to read this book without reading the
previous two, you would miss out on a lot of what is happening and some parts
may be a bit confusing.
This book is truly the coming together of the
first book, which focused on the main character Drew Carter, and the second
book, which focused on the main character Validus. Light of the Last goes back and forth between the two and brings
everything together. The three part story is wrapped up in the end, but
(spoiler alert) there is just a bit of an open ending.
Once again Chuck Black does a good job of
crafting a fictional story around the topic of spiritual warfare. Speaking of
warfare, this book is action packed. With that said there were parts that
seemed like a bit of a stretch. Now of course this is a fiction book, and Black
does himself say that he takes some liberties in the area of spiritual warfare.
I believe I pointed it this out in my reviews of the other two books in the
series, but I’ll say it again. I appreciate that Black includes Reader’s Guide
at the end of the book that states Scripture references that he uses to back up
his writing. So, for anyone worried about the Biblical context of the book,
there is the foundation of that.
