On the old forums I made a post about this, but since they no longer exist, I’ll write something again.
The final chapter of The Soldiers of Halla has been talked about and discussed quite a bit. Some love it. Others hate it. Some understand it fully. Others don’t get it. I’m not going to explain it all here because I’d prefer that readers draw their own conclusions. But I will make a few comments. First off, I don’t consider the ending to be a cliff hanger. Not even close. The story is very clear about what is going to happen next, and that is that Bobby will soon go to Solara and Courtney will not be far behind. To understand how the events described in the last chapter could have happened, you have to look at the end of the second to last chapter. Bobby lamented to Uncle Press that after all they had been through, it seemed unfair that the Travelers were not being allowed to live the normal lives they fought so hard for. All they wanted was a little bit of time to live those lives, which in the general scheme of Halla, wasn’t much . . . and Uncle Press agreed with him. How that was able to happen, and what all the implications are, I’ll leave that up to you to debate and decide.
I’ll say one other thing, and that’s about the guy who delivered Bobby’s journals to him in the hospital. Short of actually writing his name, I pretty much described exactly who it was. From the events that unfolded in the hospital room with Bobby and Courtney kissing and being interrupted, to his physical description, to Bobby recognizing him, to him saying that he had nine other journals to deliver, there is no other possible person that could have been…but Uncle Press.
Bobby's child says:
I really appreciated Machale’s work, I love these story for a long time . Just for saying i’m french and the last book just has been published. I was so excited to finally know everything, that was so georgous. I read it in only 1 night … before to go to school xD The last few pages learn us how Bobby, with finally the agreement of Press, has continued his life. It’s kind a weird, i agree 🙂 But did he totally forget his yougness ? Did he came back in Earth just like before ? I can’t say that because he remembered Solara etc… SO WHAAAT =O ?
Cloralfan says:
I agree with you bobb’y child he had to remember his whole past if he remembers solara
second traveler says:
@ cloralfan
you spelled bobb’y wrong its bobby’s correct grammar
second traveler says:
Where is Lead Travler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
second traveler says:
@ N.
It’s wuss not woss
N. says:
Shut up!
N. says:
OK, that was harsh. Please be quite. I noticed my mistake after I posted and didn’t want to correct my self. And jeez, you’re on a correcting spree, Second Traveler. It’s not very nice to correct people when they say something. And Cloralfan might of just hit the apostrophe when he tried to hit enter.
Lead Traveler says:
@N.
i haven’t gotten Ghost in the Machine yet. still waiting for it.
@second traveler
haven’t been on in a while cause i was busy. hi.
RayneStryke says:
Hmmmm. . . Remids me of the song,” I’ll Follow You Into The Dark” By ‘Death Cab For Cutie’. . . .
jamessom koleno says:
i loved the ending it was perfect!!!!!!!!!!!! through the whole series booby wounderd what would happen if it wasnt him. he would always say he wished it wasnt him to make such choices that effected so much. In the end he got to live the life he dreamed of. And in the end at the hospitil uncle press gave the memorys almost back to bobby through the journals. And prepare him . it’s not as though bobby forgot the memorys. but he got a chance to live life not seeing it through the eyes of coruption and death and evil.
N. says:
@RayneStryke
I FREAKING LOVE THAT SONG! Whoa, caps. It is kinda like that song.
Kasha says:
Still reading ‘The Soldiers of Halla’… Somewhere around page 498. “The final battle for Halla had begun.”
moi says:
i lov these books. still readin raven rise tho. cant wait 2 c how it ends!!!!!!!!!!!
French Fan 1 (@@D**) says:
Hi !
I’m a french fan, so excuse me if my english’s not good. 😉
I just want to say how sad I was when i read ” the Soldiers of Halla” because it was the last adventure of Bobby Pendragon.
Pendragon’s stories were the most fantastic I’ve ever read and I also want to congratulate D.J MacHALE for his work. So, thanks you very much.
By the way, I’ve got a question : Do you know if a french fan site exist yet ?
Thibault says:
Hey, I’m a french fan, I really love bobby’s stories! It’s obviously better than Harry Potter !!
So, I felt the end as an EPIC end.The last sentence of those 10 books is also the first one ! Omg it’s wonderful !!
The only bad point is that, to my mind,saint dane was defeated so easily … He was the worst guy I’ve Ever met,the Very bad guy ! And his redemption…It’s a bit far-fetched…I don’t buy it :p
But it’s Still a very good end, I’m fan !
And i’m now very sad because it’s the end of the best series ever done … Fortunatelly, I can read again the whole books.
Thank you D.J Machale for what you’ve created, you’re the best!
pendragon man says:
i thought the person delivering the journals was Patrick! i think that might be better
Just a reader from Halla says:
I think the last chapter was… great, no awesome.. nope neither of those words describe it. It was the best and most perfect ending i think you could have ended it with. I’d have to say that i really enjoyed the paragraph that you put in there that started
“In the grand scheme of all that was and ever will be, a few decades is no more than a blip of time. An eye blink….”
To me that summed up a lot, not just about the books but also about my own reality.
I just have one question for you.. and you probably have been ask this a million times.
I was reading about Morpheus Road – The Light and noticed that once again like the Pendragon books the main character is from Stony Brook, Connecticut.
What influence you to use Stony Brook as a base ground for Pendragon and Morpheus Road?
Lead Traveler says:
on the subject of that. no offense dj, but i wish you would’ve picked somewhere in the west, like idaho for instence. if you WRITE ANOTHER BOOK i think it should be in this part of the country. maybe one THAT TAKES PLACE IN IDAHO. please pay attention to the caps and you get my meaning.
N. says:
No Montana. The city I live in is the biggest in Montana and the only famous people who come to Billings is like Carrie Underwood. And that was canceled because the Tornado on Fathers Day. And where do you live in Idaho. I might know some people there.
Min says:
I loved the ending, how Press brought Bobby his journals, but I would’ve rather had Bobby and Loor together, and Courtney and Mark. That would have made the ending, if possible, even better. ^_^ For me, anyway….
N. says:
Yeah, Bobby And Loor wouldn’t of worked. They wouldn’t know that the other existed.
Eleventh Territory says:
I thought that at first, it was how things would have been – as in, the answer to the question Courtney asked Bobby on Eelong, just before the battle for Black Water. Then I reread the last chapter, and figured out that it was Uncle Press, so I was confused.. I guess the best explanation is that while in Solara, all the Travelers were allowed to live their lives over again while still being a part of the overall scheme. I don’t think Pendragon could have deserved a better ending. Well done, D.J.
Owen says:
oh.. wait. i didnt know there was a secret about who the guy was. i thought it said it was press… but there was small confusion as i thought it had gone back to bobby’s house right before the game.
Bobby Pendragon says:
Bobby just beat Saint Dane way too easy COME ON the entire universe lies in the hands of a fist fight
Lead Traveler says:
@N.
i made a mistake. here in Boise there is only a bit over 100,000 people and it’s the biggest city in Idaho. Meridian has only a little over somewhere inbetween 50,000 to 90,000. and the only famous people who have come here that i know of are, Taylor Swift, Rodney Adkins, and Carrie Underwood. i believe that Toby Keith is coming soon. but notice that they’re all SINGERS not totally-awesome-fall-over-your-feet-AUTHORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how many people do you have in your city? and what’s the name? and Meridian and Boise are 2 different cities though they are right by each other and seem to blend into each other but they are WAY different. in Boise there are the businesses on one side and houses on the other while in Meridian they are blended together.
N. says:
Billings Montana. There are 105,845 people in bliilings last time they checked. And now no one will come here for concerts because of the stupid Tornado!
Lead Traveler says:
what tornado?
Lead Traveler says:
i didn’t know Montana got tornadoes.
Lead Traveler says:
what’s the capital of Montana? is it Billings? and what’s the most populated city there? like i said for Idaho. it’s Boise with barely 100,000 people. combine it with Meridian it’s, i think, somewhere between 195,000 to 150,000. but Meridian and Boise are 2 way different cities like i already explained.
Lead Traveler says:
why are we talking about population on the epilogue anyways?
N. says:
We wanted D.J. to come here and somehow this happened. And Montana doesn’t get tornados, usaully. We got one on fathers day, it was on the national news. and helena is the capital and Billings is the biggest city.
Lead Traveler says:
i don’t think Meridian or Boise has ever gotten a tornado before. if we did it was before we lived here or before i was born.
Lead Traveler says:
never mind, I don’t think Idaho is such a good place for a book after all. Silly me =).
M.C. Hamma says:
Should’ve included me instead of Gunny, bro
Lead Traveler says:
who just inpersenated me?!!!!!!!!!!!!! SECOND TRAVELER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Idaho IS a good place to have a mystery book. we have lots of ghost towns and one place that i remember from when i was a little girl that was by a mountian and one night an avalanche came through the town and 3 girls died but their parents escaped.
Lead Traveler says:
i WAS happy. before i saw second traveler’s comment. well, i was happy because i got MR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lead Traveler says:
has anyone seen the Davinci Code?
Lead Traveler says:
i’m watching it on TV right now.
N. says:
I hate that movie. And why are you talking about it?
saint dane fan says:
loved the end it was perfect because bobby wondered what would have happened if not for saint dane but theres a mistake at the begging of the book it says intellegent life is on 7 worlds but ibara is on veelox so there’s only 6
SpiritOfSolara says:
Yeah, at first I had no freaking idea what the heck was going on when i was reading that last chapter untill it said,”Bobby got his wish”. Nice job with Uncle Press at the end. My favorite traveler was always Saint Dane (and Spader), but mostly Saint Dane because he was so cool and collected and dark and evil and tall with silver hair and his bright blue-white glowing eyes scared the crap out of me and omg i got the shivers every single time he awsomely shows up whether i expected it or not!! Also, Spader made me laugh over and over again! Pendragon Rulez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Jefferey says:
@saint dane fan
eelong
veelox/ibara
earths
denduron
quillan
cloral
zadaa THERE ARE SEVEN
Jefferey says:
@lead traveler
WTF?
you dont know the capitol of montana?
DUH HELENA
you are supposed to learn that in like 4th grade
Jefferey says:
PS davinci code is RLLY annoying movie
Jefferey says:
also lead traveler why would the parents be so stupid to leave the children there? kinda retarded
Jefferey says:
ok so im done responding to messages lol..
I thought the ending was confusing till i imagined the face in my head…long hair….stubble….spader?….no way cause he was delivering 10 total journals. so then it was REAL easy….press
britt says:
im going into 7th grade and dont the capitol to most of the states.is that a bad thing?
N. says:
No. I don’t know every capital of every state
Lead Traveler says:
@ Jefferey
um… i don’t know what you’re talking about with leaving the kids there. and i don’t live in montana ok? you might have just gotten out of 4th grade or have a really good memory but i don’t and i haven’t so i forgot. do you know what the capital of Idaho is? how about Maine? thought not. and capitalize my name. everyone else does.
@N.
i don’t mind the Davinci Code. it’s good enough. i like Angels and Demons better. and the reason i talked about it was because i was on the computer and watching it with my mom at the same time. she loves those shows.
Lead Traveler says:
sorry about the long post and why are we talking about capitals?