So I just finished Nightworld, and a was just curious on a few things. Keep in mind that I've only read the 6 books of the Adversary Cycle, none of the other RJ novels yet. Also, I read the regular version of Nightworld, not the revised one, which for all I know may have changed things that apply to my questions.
First off, it was kind of sad that Jeffy still had his autism at the end of the book, I was hoping that somehow he would get healed again. Also, I loved the book but I feel that at the end there should have been more pages devoted to the aftermath or at least to the characters and their plans/feelings/etc., it just kind of stopped too quickly for me.
My main question is, now I had to stop a couple of times, because I was reading the book at work, so it is possible I may have missed something. But it seems to me that Rasalom is still very much alive somewhere, either buried deep in the earth or in another dimension, because he pretty much just fell after getting a few parts hacked off, which I also was slightly annoyed with, I mean I wanted him to be completely hacked and slashed apart...mutilated...very slowly. :p
Also, Glaeken is still immortal at the end of the book, if Rasalom was truly dead then Glaeken would have become mortal again like he did at the end of The Keep. So I guess the struggle is eternal, will go on between them forever? Because I'm sure with upcoming techology especially, if all it took was a clone in Rebirth being created for Rasalom to find a gateway back onto our plane of existence, then I'm pretty sure it would be quite easy to bring Rasalom back.
Which brings me to this - why does FPW refuse to do a post Nightworld book, there are so many possiblities here, I mean, even apart from Rasalom coming back, the whole idea that FPW could basically create his own new post-apocalypse world is quite intriquing. Like this quote right here from the last couple of pages of Nightworld.....
"A whole new mythology could rise out of this. A new round of sun worship, that's for sure. It'll be interesting to see what develops."
Seems to me that this idea is too interesting to be wasted. But hey that's just my opinion. So guys please enlighten me on these questions I've posed. Am I way off the mark on my ideas and questions? Did I miss something reading the book that would tell me that Rasalom is truly gone? Does anyone else feel depressed about Jeffy? Help!