I got this book for a quarter at a used book store. So of course, I'm not expecting much. But I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the plot was very interesting, the characters were well done, and the suspense was pretty good. The style of the book was certainly unique. It was part history, part fiction. Each chapter was very short, usually focusing on a different person in a location halfway across the world from the last. This made the book an easy read as you could get through 10 chapters in a half hour.
I really liked the twist ending. However, I did have one problem with it. At the beginning of the book, a character list is given with a description of the characters (although not even close to all of them, more on that later). if you read this character list as I did, the twist ending will not be all that surprising. So my advice is not to read it.
Unfortunately, there are so many characters. There's the Russians, the Order of Malta, assassins, Israel Government, Islamic terrorists, Wiseman, Paul, people at the Pentagon, people at NEST, and many more. There were just too many to keep track of at times. Sometimes they were referred to by their first name. Sometimes by their last. So it did get a bit confusing but not so much to significantly take away from my enjoyment.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in Government, the Middle East, terrorism, or really anyone who enjoys political thrillers, action, or mystery books.