Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia

Author’s Afterword

No, we’re not done yet. Be patient. We’ve only had three endings so far; we can stand another one. Both of my other books had afterwords, so this one will too. (And if we need to send someone to Valinor to justify this last ending, let me know. I’m not going to marry Rosie, though.)

Anyway, there you have it. My first visit to Nalhalla, my first experience with fame. You’ve seen the actions of a hero and the actions of a fool—and you know that both hero and fool are the same person.

I know I said that this was the book where you’d see me fail—and, in a way, I did fail. I let my mother escape with the Incarna text. However, I realize this wasn’t as big a failure as you might have been expecting.

You should have known. I won’t warn you when my big failure is about to arrive. It will hurt far more when it’s a surprise.

You’ll see.