If you’re a Laurie fan, you will very much appreciate the sarcasm and wry humor throughout this novel, and the nonchalant-outside, righteous-softie-inside persona of the main character. There are a lot of twists and turns in the plot, too, plenty to satisfy any fan of the international thriller genre. Once I got about 80 pages in, I had a hard time putting it down – it was a fast, fun read. It took me a while to get into it, though. I didn’t hate the beginning or anything – I was definitely interested enough to keep reading – but I wasn’t convinced of why I really cared what was happening in the story until about 80 pages in. My overall impression is that it was a good time, with a lot of details that could be confusing or missed completely on a first read. There’s definitely some commentary on the causes of war and the motivations of giant corporations and governments to aid and abet those wars. That’s about as deep as it gets, but I don’t know that I really want a fast-paced thriller than goes much deeper than that.