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Title: Good concept, but writing cannot sustain it.
Review: To put it bluntly, Greg Bear's limitations as a writer hinder this book. If he had cut it down by 100-150 pages, it would've been a focused and thrilling novel. As it stands, the book meanders. The paeans to Democrats and villification of Republicans do not mesh with the theme. The idea behind the book is gripping enough that I finished it, but more from the standpoint of wanting to find out how it ended. If there would've been a two page summary, I would've probably preferred it to the last portion.
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