There are spoilers for previous books in this review.

If you get past the book written from the point of view of someone who wants to staunchly control guns (assuming you are pro guns if you are pro gun control then you'll be saying preach it brother or something to that effect), it is a pretty good book. If you are a card carrying member of the NRA or a staunch Libertarian, you won't like this book.

That all being said, this book concludes the Kerry Kilcannon trilogy. Kerry finally gets married and faces his staunchest opponent yet--the SSA (Sons of the Second Amendment--an obvious NRA lookalike). Married to the SSA is of course the Republican party who cannot do anything without asking permission from them. Kilcannon is pro gun control for good reason because he has been shot as has his older brother. The author very blatantly says the he has a pro gun control agenda in an author's note as well. So the book is slanted and not from a point of view I agree with.

Despite all that, the story is good, the characters are sympathetic, and I enjoyed the book. If you are pro gun control you can add another star to the book, I really found that point view annoying, but for those who differ in opinion from me that won't be a problem.

The author says this book is the last of that trilogy, which is too bad, but I can see that. I'm not sure if Kerry gets re-elected after what happens to him in this book. Still despite the fact that I disagree with the character on over half of the issues, it would be nice to have an idealist like him for president, and I think that is one of intriguing parts of the book.

If you like political books, you'll like this one. If you are pro gun or conservative, you may not like this book, but if you are both of those qualities and open minded, you may still like the book.