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The main conflict in this second volume was how to maintain the peace in the house. We had a soft reset in volume 2 which made for a confusing but interesting setup. By the end we are aware that there are controls for everything, including Walter. The team decides the best way to move forward is to kill Walter and try to survive without him. Only to learn that it was all a ruse. There's also the revelation that this is not the end and there are more nice houses out there. We sometimes believe we are in control when we actually don't even know what is going on.

I think Lost has burned me so deeply that any mystery that I start just makes me instinctively think "is this another Lost?". When I started this book that's the first gut feeling I got. All the characters, with names and codenames, also made it hard to follow. But as I kept reading, and reached this middle point, I can say I am hooked. The characters are interesting, and I think I can sort of follow who is who (this is something that happens more to me in written mediums instead of TV/film). The mystery is there, but I think what really hooks me is the characters and their relationships to Walter. At this point, I just want to know more about Walter. Not what he is, but who he is.