(Minor spoilers) I'd very much enjoyed the whole Time's Tapestry series but wasn't sure whether Weaver would provide a satisfying conclusion to the story. The first three novels created an atmosphere of intrigue and wonder around the Weaver's identity through intriguing clues and half explained mysteries. Once the possibilities are resolved into a concrete solution (like a magician's trick once you know the secret) then the spell will be broken. This problem made Baxter's recent young adult novel H Bomb Girl, set at the time of the Cuba crisis, just a little disappointing (though still a very good read). However Baxter avoids making the reader feel let down in Weaver, partly because this is a rather different kind of novel from the earlier volumes. Whereas Emperor, Conqueror and Navigator spanned a thousand years, Weaver is focused on just one brief moment in (alternate) history, the aftermath of a partial invasion of England by the Nazis. This means that tying up the series' loose ends is only one aspect of the novel, because we get caught up in the adventures of a new set of characters in a perilous situation. Baxter certainly makes the most of one of the most gruesomely compelling "what if" scenarios of all time. He's very good at invoking the realities of invasion and resistance and the novel is full of intriguing and convincing details. As in Navigator, he avoids cultural stereotypes very scrupulously, except in the case of the evil (but fatally glamorous) English SS officer, Julia. Lower ranking Nazis are treated fairly sympathetically, especially Ernest, who meekly endures the insults of the English farmer he is billeted with, and reacts with conscientious alarm to the advances of the farmer's rather forward 15 year old daughter. This is a thoroughly enjoyable (and exciting) novel. It would I think work perfectly well as a stand alone alternate history novel as well as being a fitting conclusion to an excellent series.