I wish that I could give this 4 1/2 stars! It was a really good book, but I have trouble giving anything the absolute best possible (five stars in this case) because I have real trouble with superlatives :-)
I really did like this book. The characters were all real and many sided! The "good guys" were not obvious or totally good, and the "bad guys" were also not obvious nor were they totally bad! The narrative did a really good job of painting the fears, doubts, justifications, and personalities in general of all important people/characters. Excellent book!