I had to give this and the follow up book 5 stars because it is well written on all levels. But, I will never read them again.  It is too close to home. In our time, too many of us can see the interest of the few being more important than the saving of the many. It is just too real in my mind that there are powerful, rich, and poor people on this earth that do not feel anything for anyone outside of their own group, be it family, friends, and/or a specific church.  Hope still hold me.  This type of future I hope will stop happening on any type of level.