The Plague Forge brings the Dire Earth Cycle to a satisfying conclusion. Nothing earth shattering, no mind blowing revelations, but an enjoyable ending to an innovative and entertaining story. Jason Hough has created an engaging world and peopled it with a well rounded cast of characters. He lost me a bit with some of the descriptions of the more unusual settings, leaving me with some very abstract mental images, but the flow of action helped me past that. Overall - the seeming trilogy gets 4 stars from me. I enjoyed the mystery, the nasty characters and the lead-up to what "the builders" were planning to do with humanity. The situation seemed dire, indeed, and it was so hard to guess how it was going to end, let alone continue at times. I thoroughly enjoyed the books and the narration by Simon Vance, right up to the very end. It is hard to tell if there will be more books in this Dire Earth Cycle, but I don't think so. If Mr. Hough has more stories like these up his sleeve, I am looking forward to reading them!
What do You think about The Plague Forge (2013)?
The ending could easily have been a let-down but managed to be quite satisfying. Great trilogy.
—amylol
Good end to this trilogy, but makes sure to set up the possibility for future books.
—kelsey
Interesting end. Not as good as the first two (by now), but they do wrap things up
—sangupta33
Hard to put down. Lost a lot of sleep because I couldn't quit reading.
—Kriztienzoie
