I started reading this on a recommendation by Steve Gibson on the Security Now podcast (twit.tv/sn). I had to stop reading after the first 3-4 chapters. This book did not work at all for me. Although I probably did not read enough to get into the main plot, I just felt that the story fell down into a "uncanny valley" where it was too realistic to be read as a pure fantasy comic book, but also too unrealistic to be something that could possibly happen. Characters felt one-dimensional. I just couldn't bring myself to care for any of the characters.