This book is a powerhouse — immensely satisfying, entertaining, and rewarding. It requires something of a commitment from the reader, to follow two groups of characters and two story lines as they converge over a distance of 50 years. At 900 pages this is not a light read, but the author’s detours are fascinating and often hilarious.
This book is rare in that the author clearly understands the science and technology he describes. Fans of hard science fiction, hacking, cryptography, and even historical (WWII) fiction will find something to like.
I wrote a bit more about the book in this piece about breakfast cereal.
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