SO i read a couple extra chapters and i am astounded at what i read it was just simply awesome. D'artagnan is betrayed by the king after he is to go arrest Aramis and Porthos. and Aramis and Porthos fight back when they realize that D'Artagnan is not going to bail them out. they start fighting there way out of the citadel. they cut down over a hundred of the kings men. they are so discriptive like you can actually see them cut the soldiers through. it was such an awesome chapter. they really are determined to flee and get away. they fight hard long and valiantly. they eventually travel underground to a grotto and try to escape to this boat. they are running away and killing people at the same time and it is just freakin awesome. then there is this big group of soldiers coming at them and they reach the boats but for some reason they wont leave in time with out fighting them. so Porthos takes on for the team and grabs this huge barrel of gun powder and leaves a little trail to it and its leaking everywhere. so the soldiers rush in and BOOM Porthos throws this huge barrel at them killing a few of them and lights the trail of gunpowder... now more soldiers are coming he needs to get out of there. so he starts running and Aramis is telling him to hurry up. then his knees give way. he cant get up and he is struggling to move but he can't then the barrel explodes... it was too late. but Porthos is still alive but huge boulders are falling everywhere and he is pushing them aside with his massive arms. then it comes down to him holding two boulders in each arm pushing them away and a big bolder on his shoulders... then this huge rock comes crashing down on him. he gives way from the weight and dies. i was like OMG this is so tragic although Porthos was not a key player of the conspiracy he was the confused guy that did not know what was going on but he fought to the end to help Aramis escape. i read this and this guy must of been pretty ripped to through this heavy barrel and hold up three huge boulders up. but even muscular people die. but he was crushed to death that must really suck. So Aramis is broken hearted and he is unsure if he can escape now. meanwhile back in France, D'artaganan is being taken away to receive judgement from the king. you see he went to arrest Aramis and Porthos and then he gets orders from this officer stating that once he arrests them he is no longer in charge and all prisoner will be shot. he is afraid for his friends and is shocked to be stabbed in the back by the king who he has stayed loyal to for the longest time. this has got to be the best part of the book so much plot twist and action... plenty of violence. i really cant wait until the end I'm gonna get as much reading as i can for the last entry. I'm actually deciding if i should give the ending away in the final entry or not. hm mm??? what to do? so other than that i really like the direction this book is going but i am so disappointed that one of the musketeers has died freakin damn shame.