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Review title: Hint of promise peeks from beneath recycled exterior
Product review: The description of characters and events is good at times, and the book is readable, but Nasir recycles the brainiac computer nerd, the foreign mystic/scientist, the does-it-all housewife/realtor, the ex-con trying to go straight (with limited success), the dead hero who promised to return (a la King Arthur), the scummy lawyer, the hard-boiled FBI agent, and a government conspiracy. The book is an interesting blend of science and fantasy, but the author needs some fresher ideas.
