Orphan's Triumph

So this is it - the final book in Robert Buettner's Orphan series. ORPHAN'S TRIUMPH picks up where ORPHAN'S ALLIANCE left off. Jason Wander is fighting the slugs and trying to hold the Human Union together. Like many final novels, this book goes through the steps to wrap up the various characters and sub-plots. And like much of the rest of the series, Jason is honest and politically incorrect (that is politically incorrect in the fashion that he rubs the powers that be the wrong way not because he insults ethnic groups) and as a result he is ignored and pushed around. But he carries these burdens well.

This book is a bit more disjointed than previous installments. It is much more episodic in nature and has many scenes rather than the usual set-up, climax and conclusion. Buettner probably did this to finish things and give fans closure. He succeeds admirably and even brings about an interesting conclusion. I would venture that this is my favorite since the first book. All in all, this is a fun series and this book in particular is well done. I look forward to Buettner's next project.