This book starts out in media res, and does so very well. A lot of times I see this handled improperly, with vague legends used as reasons for me to care about characters I don't know. This book assumes you don't know and that it doesn't matter, which it doesn't. That is to say, you're introduced to the characters as the action unfolds. You're never caught in the position of feeling anything that isn't genuine.
The only thing I found slightly disturbing about the book was the middle break, which is really like a vacation (from the main story and a vacation in the book), wherein the main character escapes his troubles (for the moment) and begins a separate part of the story, which involves a romance. This is perfectly acceptable and very well done (Trigger warning if open, honest and unabashed sexuality bothers you) although the main driver (the good guy is "this" close to being turned into toast by the bad guys and the last we see of them, for a while, is them realising where he is) gets lost, much like this sentence just did. As noted, this isn't a huge bother, as the story does come back round to the villains but I felt perhaps a few references to the main character's main-story problems during his vacation would have kept that narrative tension tighter and (while it was enjoyable) kept me from getting too lost in the second act diversion.
All and all, this book is tight and it delivers on its promises. Payback in spades. If you're worried a story thread won't get wrapped up (which I was in a few places) you'll end up pleasantly surprised.
If you like a taut, suspenseful thriller and you don't have a PG-filter, you will love this book.
Highly recommended. Lots of fun to read
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