The book so far is enjoyable in terms of the story line. This is the first of 12 books in the Net Force series if I remember correctly. This book sets the tone, I assume, for the rest of the books to follow. Hence there is a lot of background and character introduction. It requires serious focus and concentration, which sort of defeats the purpose why I am reading fiction at the moment. I am working on a doctorate and would like switch off at night with something less intense! I do however find the clever integration of virtual reality (VR) and real world (RW) scenarios interesting....being a technology person myself. It is sort of futuristic with a good mix of romans, crime and suspense. It is just not a fast read......

What a difficult finish. Must be the longest I spent reading a book. There was just too much irrelevant information. It was not adding anything to the story. I saw this before in Patricia Cornwell as well. Tom Clancy's plot was just much better but I have to admit to skipping sections of "character thoughts"!