...too distant and undercooked to be fully satisfying. -- A.M. Dellamonica, Scifi.com
The brisk pace, unadorned prose, and minimalist characterizations recall the SF of an earlier age, though a more modern sensibility is on display in the deftness with which Mackay reveals his complex future North America -- its landscape and culture hugely changed both by nanogen damage and the actions taken to contain it -- through the action of the Book, never resorting to infodumping. -- Victoria Strauss, SFSite
Renowned mystery writer Scott Mackey proves he is an excellent science fiction Author. -- Harriet Klausner, Harriet Klausner's Review Archive