Losing Latitude pt 5: Revelations

Review of Part One
Review of Part Two
Review of Part Three
Review of Part Four

Part 5: Revelations, is a disappointing end to the Losing Latitude tale, mostly because it’s not an end at all. Like the four parts before it this one features Buck and Lilly. The former is a young adult running from his past. The later, a woman freed from her parents, after long last and through tragedy. We also revisit October, Nina, Rufus and learn of even more players coming to light.

In fact this installment is so packed full of expansion and plot building that it’s impossible to accept the scripted “The End” on the last page. With Lilly just getting out of the naval hospital where she’s spent nearly the whole story, and Buck just now finding something and someone he cares about enough to stop running away from all his problems, the story is prepared to do so much more. We finally see a bad guy, other than the nameless demon that Buck claims is pursuing him. We finally know the extent and “rules” of the paranormal aspects of the book and everything seems to be poised to come together, or clash as a climax should.

Except that’s where this story ends, flat on its face with the truly exciting and satisfactory bits just out of reach.