Fatal Tree

The Fatal Tree by Steven Lawhead
356 Pages


The final chapter of the Bright Empire Series, the Fatal Tree opens with the Ley lines beginning to fail as the universe begins to contract and undo itself.  People begin to be displaced in time as this happens and the main characters of the series are in a race against time to find out the cause of this problem.


While the book had some bright spots, for me it was an unsatisfying conclusion to the series itself. 

Shadow Lamp

Shadow Lamp by Steve Lawhead
388 Pages

The fourth book of the Bright Empires series begins to wrap up the series as the heroes try to find the link between the Shadow Lamp, the Skin Map, and the Spirit Well.   They must do this quickly as the Zetetic society has determined that the universe's expansion is slowing and quite possibly reversing which could mean the end of everything. 

Finally the books start to answer some questions and wrap up storylines which helps to reduce the convoluted plot.