It was not the best Preston/Child book. Not by a longshot. But one of my favorite characters in the world is in it (Agent Pendergast) and though he seemed… to put it simply, “Different” in this book than in others, I still enjoyed it and devoured the book within a few days—the light style was really a welcome change from the book I’d been wrestling with for almost a month (mostly because of my schedule, but still) because it’s so light and “barely there.” Taken as part of a serial, I have to say that it was worth reading because you couldn’t possibly skip this book and go onto another because of major character developments. However by itself, I really don’t think it was that good (painful as it is to admit that, since I’ve been such a raving fan), it was in fact a big disappointment.