IF: Broken

by Clayton Smith

The IF series reaches its extraordinary conclusion in Broken, the final installment of the adventure that’s “brilliant, imaginative…unlike anything you’ve read before!”

Cole and his friends have reached the end of their journey. The Pinch lies ahead, and somewhere within the bowels of the dark castle at the heart of the Boundarylands, they’ll find Broken…and, if they’re lucky, a way home. But if Cole wants to have any hope of reconciliation with his long-lost IF, he’ll have to face the evil Royal, whose darkness has spread through the imaginary lands, and whose power is stronger than ever.

In this exciting, imaginative, startling conclusion, Clayton Smith brings the IF series to a powerful, poignant, and heartbreaking end.

84 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 23, 2019

About the author

Clayton Smith is a writer, teacher, and entrepreneur based in Chicago. He is an assistant professor of instruction in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department at Columbia College Chicago, and he is the co-founder of Media Empire Media. His work includes the novels Apocalypticon, Anomaly Flats, and Na Akua and the comedic plays Death and McCootie and The Depths.

Reviews

[Colleen Park · Rating 5 out of 5]

I put off reading the end of the series for a while in the same way you might ration your favorite candy in a box 'o chocolates (read that in an obligatory Forrest Gump voice please)--I knew it would be solidly written and thoroughly delightful. It did NOT disappoint. Absolutely loved the "battle" in the climax. Although we all love sequels because we know they'll be in a style we trust in a world we love, and though this was a series (if a quick one), I really enjoyed the ending to Colemine's story and found it satisfying--like a Morgan Freeman narration at the end of a movie. That said, I would not mind if the author explored other tales in the same universe with Miss Twist (cough cough). She's a fun one and we didn't get to spend as much time with her as I might have hoped.