Well, this sure is a book.

I suppose if you specialize in writing The Weird it's only a matter of time before you go FULL WEIRD and dive right into experimental fiction, constructing a swirly atmospheric nearly plotless time-shifting POV-shifting planet-shifting pre- and post- and post-post apocalyptic prose poem.

This book is technically a sequel to Borne, I suppose, but very much unlike it, and although there are many ties back to Borne (I spent a large amount of time returning to Borne and searching for characters and references while I read this book) it is not really in the same style, and if you like a conventional narrative you're going to have a lot of trouble with this book. I did not know what to expect from this book when I bought it (I didn't even know it was Borne #2, I have not been paying attention) and it was ...not what I expected. I found it both difficult to read, surreal, and disturbing, and it dragged me along for the ride even though I had little to no clue what was going on, even after I was done. Equal parts "wait, what" and "wow."