Title: Absorbing at first, but subplots and violence drag on.
Product review: The book is very absorbing at first. However, a multitude of subplots, murders and tortures do not make the book any more suspenseful or exciting. Several minor plot mistakes are so obvious, they are annoying. The author obviously had never been to most of the foreign places he is discribing. The characters get conveninetly bashed on the head for a change of scene (they manage to survive quite a few bashes over the head with minimal brain damage). Some passages remind me of bad James Bond movies. As for the political and historic overtones, you just have to accept the author's views to really enjoy the book.
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