Resolution, 3: Book III of the Nulapeiron Sequence

Anomalous interlude. Tom, now a respected, if broke figure has one main concern - that something worse than the Blight is coming. You could almost say this book is two novels, as each chapter alternates between Tom's story and the story of the McNamara Pilot family and the establishing of Pilot society, until they briefly intersect in the latter part of the novel. The death of a friend leaves Tom with more resources, and the rest of the planet realises that they need him to lead their defenses again the attack. The rest of Tom's story is fragments and pieces and glimpses of what he has to do, with Eemur's head helping and his not-so-human insights into other times. The style of Tom's story you could perhaps compare to Modessit's Lerris story in Recluce, in an SF version, that sort of tone. A pretty good SF novel, I'd go so far as 3.75 for this one, I think. 3.5 out of 5

In Resolution, the third book of the 'Nulapeiron Sequence' trilogy, the war against The Blight has ended and the Nulapeiron people have a chance for peace except for Tom Corcorigan, revolutionary and war hero, who knows threats remain. Despite his new marriage and longing for peace, Tom's 'story crystal' reveals impending threat and a new Anomaly begins to kill of the human realms. Only Tom's forces have a chance against such an invader because Tom is a warlord who is no longer human Resolution concludes the trilogy of tales featuring Tom and is a top pick for prior fans.

This is the final installment in the Nulaperion trilogy and the story of Tom Corcorigan. The revolution and the invasion of the Blight has come and gone and Tom is now together again with Elva. He is also the sole recepient of the wisdom in the severed head of the seerer Eemur. The head is severed, but still strangely alive and able to see the present with a searing clarity which she passes onto Tom. However, there is a new threat on the horizion that will make the revolution/invasion in book 2 look like a child's play-pen, and Tom is proably the only person who can pull all of Nulapeiron together to fight it before they loose their world to a galaxy spanning engulfing darkness. This was a satisfying conclusion to this series. It ties together the threads in books 1 & 2 and we finally get to see why the pilots story is so important to both Tom and his world and those fighting The Anomaly. All 3 books are told on a mythic scale of story-telling, but they do tend to fall into a bit of a noticable plot pattern at times. However, despite that I was egar to finish this series and was glad I read it. A keeper to be re-read at another time in the future, and a sci-fi series that successfully combines myth with science.