content: As others before me, I really hated this book and only finished it because I have enjoyed Ellis' previous books and thought he might somehow pull this off. The backwards episode was one of the few - perhaps the only one - on SEINFELD I did not care for. It was fun the first time, but that was comedy!! Why David Ellis thought this was a good idea I cannot imagine. Perhaps he was bored and liked the novelty of the idea. NO! It was at his reader's expense It was terrorist/politician/scientist/lobbiest all pulled together; a subject I would find boring in the usual format. This is an excellent way to lose the respect of his readers. Forgetting the backwards format, I found one-half page chapters unacceptable, and the writing seemed stilted andamatuerish. Outside of that, well read at your own risk. Oh, in addition I take issue with all the favorable professional reviews. I guess they were afraid to pan it.