Description: "The Twelve-Fingered Boy trilogy has been uncommon since the first page, and Jacobs sends it off in kindred style. The action is immediate: Shreve and his gang of 'extranaturals' at last attack the humanity-devouring Conformity. It materializes as 'soldiers,' giant human-shaped golems built from thousands of tormented people and reminiscent of Clive Barker's landmark story, 'In the Hills, the Cities.' As baddies go, they're pretty awesome to behold, and soon our troop retreats with a comatose Shreve. With our protagonist gone for much of the book, Jacobs splinters the narrative among the side charactersa fortuitous circumstance, as the rock-'em-sock-'em stuff, filled with shouting sidekicks, is a bit hard to follow. The resulting plot treads water somewhat, but as a multiple-character study, it's a fine read, with Jacobs perpetuating his fascinating proclivity toward tumbling, sensory, sometimes puzzling, but always resonant prose: 'I became the green fuse that drives the flower. I became electricity itself.' The finale, as you'd hope, is in the spirit of the entire series: obstinate, brash, and even transcendent."Booklist

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