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Review title: Some good storytelling... but sadly overshadowed.
Product review: I think the author was overly ambitious, trying to hold and synchronize too many story threads simultaneously. As a result you get to enjoy some solid storytelling but then have to wade through entire chapters of frustratingly bad story. Character decision making is schizophrenic - an artifact of characters being forced along a predetermined plot line I suspect. Not only do you see what's going to happen - because the predictable plot makes it obvious - but the author then makes you suffer through pages of characters trying to justify their inconsistent decisions. I think the author realized he was ruining his characters for the sake of an overly complex plot... but he did it anyway.
