I was pleasantly surprised by this book. After reading his short stories, I wasn't impressed. It's not that they weren't well written. They just weren't for me. This though, was very well done. There were a few surprises, some tears, some anger and a nice ride. With the exception of the very very end, I really enjoyed it. Without spoilers, my issue with the end is my issue. My guess is that readers will be split evenly over it and very few would not read more of his work because of it. I know I'm looking forward to the next one.