This is my 13th Allison Brennan book having read all four trilogies and one stand alone. I have to admit that when I began this book, I became worried I wouldn't like it and that I was going to be offended as it starts out with characters who are extreme activists for animal and environmental rights and do violent, illegal things. I even skipped to the acknowledgments to see if Ms. Brennan had thanked anyone involved with animal or environmental rights and whether she had sought out their perspective. I didn't see that and that made me even more worried how this book would portray an issue I care deeply about - I am an animal rights activist and like most activists, believe in non-violence for all beings. But I continued on and was relieved to find that the story geared away from that and focused more on extremists with psychopathy.