I had a little trouble getting into this one at first. I had become pretty attached to the characters when I read Quicksilver, and was a bit too worried about them at the outset. But The Confusion picks up where Quicksilver leaves off, and conveys Eliza, Daniel, and Jack through a fantastic story that sprawls all over the globe. I'm about 20 years too late to be the first reviewer to gush over this work, but every bit of praise is warranted. A really, really, REALLY good yarn.