As one might expect this is not an easy read, but it does echo much about how willing people are to follow causes only to find themselves unalone. Some characters are fairly astonishing in their lack of empathy, but they are not reimagined. They are original.

The plot kind of ambles along and the destructive outcome is signalled all along. We are just waiting for the right time and are rewarded, but then there is the question of whether the characters made good choices, and honestly, the parameters they use have brutal values.