Although I suppose, in my defense, because there’s no determined “save the princess”-like mission laid out at the beginning, there’s no imperative to find the ultimate ending… and even though I’ve included one it’s a bit of red herring as a goal, cos it’s more there as a content-maximiser, giving people as much to read as possible. And there are Fighting Fantasy books with the same vagueness about their mission (get to the castle! Save the world!) – and which can be ‘won’ or ‘lost’ a dozen times (you’re made it to the castle and technically won, but oh – a bit wind-snake bit your head off) …but which nevertheless include an arbitrary ending on the last page.

Enemy of Chaos is about the journey, not the destination. It’s a lot like life, yeah.