"This was an amazing series, and I enjoyed every second of the incredible journey. It was wonderful getting to watch each of the series’ characters grow and change before my eyes. Each character learned incredible life lessons throughout the series. Those lessons allowed each character to mature into a better person than when they started out, making them all the more realistic. The series, as a whole, was amazing, but if I had to pick one book as my favorite, I would definitely pick book five. This book’s mind-blowing action reeled me in and made it hard for me to stop reading until the final page." — 17-Year-Old Jotaf for LitPick
"Bowler's much anticipated conclusion is bittersweet, yet full of resonance...Bowler drives home that time is fleeting and only one thing matters--the people who fill up the days and hours of a person's life. As King Arthur shares with Lance, "You have been the greatest gift I ever received, and you will live on in my heart for eternity." Bowler succeeds in heralding how love endures when a person's heart is truly given to another, expecting nothing in return, through the compelling guise of Camelot." - Examiner.com
"Michael Bowler is a master storyteller. He writes page turners that keep you emotionally involved right up until the end. I highly recommend reading all five of his King Arthur inspired books. You won't be disappointed." - Tribute Books Mama
"This whole series was really great and after reading this book, and seeing the whole story, it really made me like even the other books seem better than they were when I first read them. Everything in the books just seemed to have a really good arc. The series had a great plot, and the plots within each individual book were good in and of themselves. The arcs that the characters went through were really interesting, and I just had a good time reading the books." - Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
"Lance steps over the divide between childhood and all that lay beyond in the concluding chapter of Michael J. Bowler's five-part young adult series, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA. Yes, Lance turns eighteen and legally becomes an adult, but it's the lessons he's learned along the way that have truly made him into the person he is at the conclusion of the story." — AA Pearce
"We need a revolution such as this. Now, I don't think it would take on the kind of popularity that Lance and his crusade experience, but who knows. Maybe with enough people backing the process, we could put forward amendments to the Constitution such as those Lance proposes. Maybe the world could change. Maybe, I don't know. What I do know is that far too many people hear the kinds of horror stories that shape the lives of many of our children, shake their heads with a "that's too bad" or "those poor kids", and then go about their daily lives as if they could not change anything. Bull****. Apathy allows children to starve (emotionally, physically, etc) and be abused/exploited at a much higher rate than should be possible in our so-called developed nation." — Elnora Romness
