The final book in a series always makes me kind of sad, but ‘All That Shatters” certainly made the series around the Outlaw MC on Mars - and their kids – go out with a bang. With Mars dying as it throws off the humans’ effort at terraforming, most inhabitants have already left for Earth when disaster strikes yet again. This time it’s the suspected assassin’s after the resident’s life who mess things up, on top of the natural disasters, and Elric has his hands full trying to prevent them from making it off Mars after the other evacuees have left.

Elric is Arie’s brother, but you wouldn’t know it. Elric is always been the good guy, helping out where he can, and, occasionally, suffering from Arie’s warped sense of humor. When Elric gets caught by the group of assassins who have been trying to kill the president of Mars for several years, he ends up wounded and alone – or so he thinks.

Max is just a simple mechanic, so when he saves Elric and discovers they are alone on Mars with an unfinished ship, he doesn’t even blink. He just begins to repair the ship because it’s their only chance for survival. Between fixing the ship, keeping Elric alive, and acting on his attraction, Max is quite the busy boy.

There is a lot happening in this final volume of the series: first the environmental disasters on Mars, then there’s the harrowing flight and utterly suspenseful landing on Earth, and even once Elric and Max make it, the action doesn’t stop. The fact that they fall for each other as they struggle to make it is almost incidental – but it provides a wonderful additional level of action to this whole adventure.

If you like good guys needing to face danger with the help of a stranger, if you want to watch two men fall in love while battling the elements and fighting for survival, and if you’re looking for an action-packed finale to a very entertaining series, then you will probably like this novella.


NOTE: This book was provided by Evernight Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews. ( )