The novel ends with them talking about having children together.

It picks up half a year after the novel ends.

Then all the players gather together to wait for the coming morning, and the novel ends.

The novel ends with the aliens beginning to take the girls back to their home.

The novel ends with what will be his last visit to the medical specialist.

The novel ends without revealing if he does indeed do this.

The novel ends by saying that Samuel decided to go to war.

On discharge, patients may sign up at home to see how that novel ends.

Thus the novel ends on a note of hope, however muted.

The novel ends with Shannon leaving the hospital and into the world to find a new start.