Dark Legacy: The End of the Kai

"Even though I have Dark Legacy Book 1 - Trinity in paperback, I decided to downloaded this to read on my eReader since it was free. This is the first 156 pages of Trinity. Thus it's not really a complete story. This is a short novella (The End of the Kai) plus the first three chapters of Trinity (both of which are included in Trinity). The End of the Kai is an interesting story and well written, however it leaves you wanting to know more about what will happen (or had happened ...) I'm hoping that more of that story will be revealed later in Trinity and the other, forthcoming Dark Legacy books. Occasionally I found some of the characters, scenarios, and story a little confusing. There is a very complex social, political, and religious structure that is apparent in the Atlantean society, but for the most part the information unfolded in a way that wasn't too overwhelming ... Overall, this was a great read to whet my appetite for the rest of the story. I'll be continuing where this left off at Chapter 4 and if the rest of the story is as interesting as the beginning I'll be anxiously awaiting further installments in the Dark Legacy series." Review by George Jaros of DeKalb, Illinois

An original story. Usually don't write reviews but seeing Kim's review I had to say that out of 600+ pages for the complete Dark Legacy: The End of the Kai and Trinity books the f word only appears 11 times - and it was only on two pages in The End of the Kai. So keep on reading. The End of the Kai is poetic but dense, get past that and you'll discover a wonderful and enlightening adolescent story concerning Kieko, Aiko, and Kira.

I downloaded this book about 2 years ago and finally sat down to read it. Right off the bat, the story (more like a short story leading to the wider world of Trinity in the series) reminded me of Dune by Frank Herbert. I was immediately drawn in by the epic fantasy prose, but there was a tremendous amount of detail in describing a megapolis city, its details, and those within it ... and there was a point of view that kept changing from dove, to a street kid, to a crow, and so on. Although a bit difficult to get used to it was interesting to follow this changing perspective, an unusual literary technique. Luckily, this at unusual literary style settles down and shifts to simple straight forward story telling in the Trinity book of the series. Although The End of the Kai may not seem to have much to do with the story of Trinity, it does provide an understanding of what Shinsei reveals to Kieko about his father at the end of Trinity. Overall, between The Kai book and Trinity, a read that left me really thinking about myself and points of view - there is a Zen element in the book that really got me thinking, something I don't usually experience when I read, but this book lingered with me weeks after I read it. I recommend it.