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The ending has set up the final book in the series nicely.

The chrome shape seemed to see the danger seconds before it was too late. It disappeared, reappeared as a blur—fist shaking toward the sky—disappeared again, reappeared a final time, and then sank into the lava under its feet where solid rock had been an instant earlier.

End of chapter 52. Interesting chit chat between Aenea and Raul. It has confirmed some of my recent speculations.

I'm not sure what some of this stuff regarding The Void that Binds means, but I'm pretty shocked by what the existence of Rhadamanth Nemes seems to hint at!

Rhadamanth Nemes! This is a bit of a shocker.

Father Glaucus is a breath of fresh air. No wonder the guy was banished!

De Soya looks up as the Cardinal leans closer.
“I must reveal something to you at this moment, Federico, which billions of the Faithful will not learn for months.� Today, this hour, at the Interstellar Synod of Bishops � His Holiness is announcing a.....

Of course he is:(

“This � abomination � will destroy all that,� says Lourdusamy, his voice deadly serious now. “As I said to you one year ago, this is not a child we seek, it is a virus. And we know now whence that virus comes.�
De Soya listens.
“His Holiness has had one of his visions�

A vision! Well, no need for a logical reason then.

“When His Holiness ordered the Holy Office to take back its old title—the Inquisition—a few of the nonbelievers thought that the days of madness and terror within the Church had returned.

I'm sure the loudest of those guys received a visit and that thinking is now a thing of the past for them!!!

“Precisely so.� Farrell removes an imaginary bit of lint from his starched and creased black trousers. “Considering the � ah � consternation that your previous visit had caused on Mare Infinitus—�

Yeah, it is hardly a surprise the locals are not feeling helpful after a round of mass arrests and inquisitions!