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December: At Calendar's End, Book Twelve
This is the final installment in a 12-part serial thriller. Proceed at your own risk. Find the first installment Part
Ember is alone. She has failed her friends at every turn. Tris has proven to be stronger, smarter, and one step ahead the whole time. Ember has been able to hold Tris at bay - but for how much longer? No one is left to stand between them. Ember is out of time to learn her abilities. With nothing left to lose, Ember has one last chance to stop Tris and avenge the Intercalary - but can she?
Ember is alone. She has failed her friends at every turn. Tris has proven to be stronger, smarter, and one step ahead the whole time. Ember has been able to hold Tris at bay - but for how much longer? No one is left to stand between them. Ember is out of time to learn her abilities. With nothing left to lose, Ember has one last chance to stop Tris and avenge the Intercalary - but can she?
40 pages, ebook
Published November 30, 2016
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Andy Lockwood
35 books24 followersAndy Lockwood is a writer, an artist, and above all: a dreamer. He got his start in screenwriting and filmmaking where he discovered his obsessive love of storytelling.
He is the author of two novels, Empty Hallways and House of Thirteen; a 12-part serial thriller, At Calendar’s End; and is a regular contributor to horror anthologies. He is always working on another piece of writing, whether it is a novel, a story, or something else entirely. When not slaving away at the keyboard, he spends his time buying books he does not have time to read, and delving into mediums he has no time to fully explore, but he dabbles in them anyway.
He lives in mid-Michigan with his amazingly talented and entirely-too-supportive wife, their delightfully boisterous daughter, a brood of cats, and a misguided idea of what it means to be an adult.
He is the author of two novels, Empty Hallways and House of Thirteen; a 12-part serial thriller, At Calendar’s End; and is a regular contributor to horror anthologies. He is always working on another piece of writing, whether it is a novel, a story, or something else entirely. When not slaving away at the keyboard, he spends his time buying books he does not have time to read, and delving into mediums he has no time to fully explore, but he dabbles in them anyway.
He lives in mid-Michigan with his amazingly talented and entirely-too-supportive wife, their delightfully boisterous daughter, a brood of cats, and a misguided idea of what it means to be an adult.
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April 3, 2017
I really enjoyed the conclusion of the At Calendar's End series. The series itself presented a group of beings who controlled the cycle of time personified by each Month. Each being took on characteristics of the month --whether by design or by the fact they were chosen to handle that month is something that is not clear. Perhaps it's not meant to be. Each being has been around for countless millennia which, I believe, was an undercurrent of the events that unfolded. One thing of interest is that the beings were all once human in some way. As I analyze th story, I think that's what led to a lot of choices. Each human makes choice and then we have to live with it.
When the executioner comes to them, they each have a choice to face their death, something they hadn't done in a long time. Perhaps that why when Death is needed. Humans, ascended, enlightened, or whatever you want to call these beings, were not meant live forever.
December ends the year and begins the year. Ember did the best she could with what little knowledge she had. Interestingly enough, it wasn't until we arrive in the book of her namesake that we 'get it' and that Ember 'gets it'. We look back over the year, the good, the bad, the ugly and we look and say, "There's nothing I can do about it. It's in the past."
As At Calendar's End reaches it's conclusion, I felt as if Lockwood's intention was to tell a story of survival and rejuvenation but through the element of horror. At one point, Ember realizes that being bound to time was just as much as prison as being outside of time. After all, they had lived for countless lives. Yet, when their month rolled around, they all had to be in the same proximity. Keep time going.
This series allows us to be very philosophical. I'm not sure if Lockwood was going for that but it did for me. Maybe because eventually, even time would stop. Stop for everyone and we'll be locked in eternity.
When the executioner comes to them, they each have a choice to face their death, something they hadn't done in a long time. Perhaps that why when Death is needed. Humans, ascended, enlightened, or whatever you want to call these beings, were not meant live forever.
December ends the year and begins the year. Ember did the best she could with what little knowledge she had. Interestingly enough, it wasn't until we arrive in the book of her namesake that we 'get it' and that Ember 'gets it'. We look back over the year, the good, the bad, the ugly and we look and say, "There's nothing I can do about it. It's in the past."
As At Calendar's End reaches it's conclusion, I felt as if Lockwood's intention was to tell a story of survival and rejuvenation but through the element of horror. At one point, Ember realizes that being bound to time was just as much as prison as being outside of time. After all, they had lived for countless lives. Yet, when their month rolled around, they all had to be in the same proximity. Keep time going.
This series allows us to be very philosophical. I'm not sure if Lockwood was going for that but it did for me. Maybe because eventually, even time would stop. Stop for everyone and we'll be locked in eternity.
December 26, 2016
what an exciting journey
looking forward to more from this author
looking forward to more from this author
May 28, 2020
And I've finished At Calendar's End!
What a fun series this one! 12 novellas with a colorful cast of characters and ever changing magic. It was a very satisfying conclusion that had me hooked the whole way through. It's Tris vs. Ember, the confrontation that's been building for the last few volumes. It was wild and twisty and the exact ending I'd been looking forward to. Time goes on! <3
What a fun series this one! 12 novellas with a colorful cast of characters and ever changing magic. It was a very satisfying conclusion that had me hooked the whole way through. It's Tris vs. Ember, the confrontation that's been building for the last few volumes. It was wild and twisty and the exact ending I'd been looking forward to. Time goes on! <3
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