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[close] The book didn't receive my 3 star rating because of anything reflecting on the writing style or the authors ability to hold the readers attention. It was that he took too much common sense and ability away from the two main characters...Cotton Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt, that have been prominent in the other 8 books and made the stories the brilliant, "can't-put-it-down" series that this reader has come to expect. History is a big draw for this series and is something that Steve Berry always excelled at. There is history here...but way more about the Mormon church than I ever cared to know. I acknowledge that it was necessary to carry on the plot but it was just more than I cared for. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series and hope that our two "heroes" have recovered their usual personalities.