And it all comes to an end, McKay’s story-telling has been exceptional throughout the entire series and continues to grow in the final installment of The Forest Lord series. With Rise of the Wolf being the end of Robin and his men being outlaws, Blood of the Wolf shows Robin on the other end of the stick as one of the sheriff’s bailiffs and having to deal with a viciously troublesome gang of outlaws killing and raping anyone that they can. This story is great in that it shows Robin facing someone much worse than who he was as an outlaw and seeing what it’s like to have to apprehend someone like that while obeying the law, as well as minor things like collecting taxes and having to evict people.This is the most tragic novel of this series, and McKay punched me right in the feels, it’s the perfect way to end this series. While this is tragic, it’s also probably the darkest of the quadrilogy as well. The other books in the series either mention or allude to rape happening, but McKay takes it a bit further, though not describing in detail, rape is presently occurring, and it’s happening to not just women, but to anyone that ends up in the way of the new outlaw gang. The best part of this though, is showing the troubles at home for Robin and Matilda, showing an even more human side of the story that things aren’t as well as he and Matilda had hoped it would be with the both of them being able to be together all the time.“Let’s just get drunk tonight, lads, and forget how bad the world is. It’s been an honour to fight alongside you all.”McKay’s story telling is one of his best attributes, but I love that he makes time to get to know the characters in some form, mainly when they are sitting around and revealing what brought them to where they are. Throughout the series, I got to learn more and more of each one of the main characters, but there was still more to do. I loved that McKay gave more information about the sherif and his life leading up to the moment he ran into Robin Hood. Not only that, but the seeds from the previous novel were dropped for the new antagonistic of this story, but this antagonist, Philip, is far worse than any Robin has faced before.I love that this story while tragic and dark, ended with an epilogue that put me in such a good mood that put me right back into my feels once again, if you can make me cry or even tear up, you did your job… and I definitely shed a tear or two. Once again, the Nick Ellsworth narration is just so good, his voice work, the way it feels like he’s just as much into the story as I was made it even better. Every story needs a narrator like him, someone that draws out the emotions of the story and characters, rather than just reading the words. The story was good, but his narration made it top notch.