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Title: clunky and paranoid
Review: I have enjoyed most of Tepper's other books, but gave up on this one after about 50 pages, then skipped to the end to see how it came out (which I almost never do).A theme running through many of her books is "[Most] men will oppress women if given the opportunity." This theme is developed in an involving manner in, for example, "The Gate to Women's Country" and "The Singer from the Sea," both of which have futuristic settings in societies different from our own. Here, however, the book is set in the US, in the very near future, so the idea of a reactionary, supernatural, Catholic-Islamic-militia conspiracy requires too much of a suspension of disbelief for THIS reader.Also, the writing is not up to Tepper's usual high standard. It is clunky and confused, and the characters are not well-developed.In short, skip this one.
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