At first I wasn't sure what the relevance of this book was going to be to the other four I've already read. It seemed to me that they had wrapped things up fairly neatly, and that a fifth book could only open up more loose ends. However, having read it, I found that while it does bring up a lot more questions than it answers, it also develops the camaraderie and goodwill between the different intelligences on earth, and more fully considers what it means to see people as 'equal'. The story is strongly linked with the history of the spider rise to power, and it unites humans and spiders against a common enemy. Whether the enemy stays an enemy will be interesting to see in the final book.
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