Well, my conclusion after reading this book, the last in the trilogy, is that I won't be reading any more of Sean McMullen's work. There's something rather juvenile in the characterizations, as if these people were what a 15-year old boy imagined adults to be like.

There's a lot of interesting plot elements, but they get to be just too much, and a late-in-the-book revelation that could have been exciting and shocking falls rather flat, because there is no setup for it whatsoever.

At this point, I feel like I need to read something a little more sophisticated to whip my brain back into shape.