Books like The Druid Queen

I like Douglas Niles's books overall. I like his prose, he creates moderately interesting characters (for pulp fantasy paperbacks), and evokes physical environments effectively, whether they be the mix of rugged highlands, coasts and untamed nature of the Moonshae islands, or the humid jungles of Maztica in another of his series. I could truly appreciate the beauty of the Moonshaes as written here. Unfortunately, he falls short in plot structuring at times, and this has marred many otherwise enjoyable books of his. In The Druid Queen for at least the third time in his nine Forgotten Realms novels, we see multiple forces, good and evil, large and small, taking separate journeys that eventually converge on a big climax involving a god or gods or their avatars. I must say that this was handled much more smoothly here than in his earlier books, and had I not read those first it might not have stood out as a tired plot. Really, I found most of this book quite enjoyable. But then, I reached the end...Thirty pages from the end of the book, I was thinking, "Gee, there sure is an awful lot that needs to happen still", with all that was built up to that point. Twenty pages from the end, I was still thinking the same thing. Fortunately, the next eighteen pages delivered a satisfying, tense, action-packed conclusion. The last two pages (I am estimating the numbers here, don't quote me) leave a number of huge, practically existential questions and concerns unaddressed, such as (major book spoilers here, don't click it unless you mean it):(view spoiler)[-the Peaksmasher, a mountainous demi-god who could destroy the whole island chain by whim or carelessness, is just left standing there once he frees himself from bondage. No one cares to ask "what will we do about him?" despite literally standing at his enormous feet.-there is extremely little concern that the princess just murdered her power-crazed sister. Maybe a little mourning before moving on to your final plans for the rest of your lives and the entire kingdom, mom and dad?-the love triangle between Alicia, Brandon and Keane is obviously resolved and Brandon is totally cool that it's not him. There was some implication earlier that Alicia and Brandon had a little talk, as witnessed from a distance by another uninvolved character, but this was very vague. -less crucial, Hanrald having a sad in a touching scene that gets little notice by the rest of the crew. (hide spoiler)]