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What do you get if you cross "Silence of the Lambs", "The Blacklist" and "The A-team"? Perhaps this book. And this is not meant as a criticism at all. The reason why such movies and TV programmes are so popular is because they work. Yes, there is a predictability about certain elements - but so what? So long as there are some interesting characters, a solid base story, drama, and the occasional twist, it works. And it works in this book. Although it pushed the limits of believability a few times (time appears to be a very variable construct, for example), I couldn't put it down and wanted to get to the end as soon as possible to see how it all would pan out. I was not disappointed. And although it has set it itself up for a possible series, in some ways I think the ending is so strong it deserves to be left as a stand alone book. Perhaps the ending speaks to the title, but otherwise, I'd say the title is the weakest part of the book as it doesn't really speak to the overall strengths of the book's story.