Wow, it is mammoth and huge and did take a little bit to get into, but when it got going, it really went. There is no way this book should hold together, a vast series of improbable events and coincidences with an impossible cast of characters who come together, split apart, then all somehow get back together, but I couldn't stop. It all comes to a crashing conclusion over a epic 100 page running battle (a book like this can't just have a simple shootout) featuring humans and wild animals. Ok, it all sounds completely crazy now but it was a great read.