Ammunition by Ken Bruen

[BrianLindenmuth]

Quick Take
A brilliant addition, and maybe completion, to the series.

I think that it’s safe to say, and is in no way a spoiler to say, that Brant survives the attempt on his life. Bruen dangles the possibility of Brant dying in front of us for about, um, lets see, a half a nano-second. Those who have stuck with Brant this long know that its going to take more then getting shot with a Browning to keep him down and out. Now, with the fate of Brant the character out of the way lets talk about the fate of Brant the series.

Last winter, when I interviewed Ken, he said that we should be on the look out for “The final Brant, Ammunition”. From then till now his story hasn’t changed. At times Ammunition feels as if it COULD be the final book of the series: villains from past books will make sudden re-appearances; story arcs of characters we have followed from the beginning will end with finality; old story lines will be rear their heads. There is a measure of resolution here that lends itself to the possibility of the series being over. Read More