I had a hard time getting into it and kept putting it off. This weekend I finally burned through it since it was overdue at the library and I had no more renews available. I'm glad I did, once I got past the dungeon imprisonment (where I was stuck for several weeks) the story started moving at a much quicker pace.

The ending surprised me a lot. I was horrified at the idea of that thought-volatile element being thrown to the masses. Yikes. Guess I don't have that kind of faith in humanity to not be stupid.

Thanks for the hint about this book, I'd never have picked it up otherwise. It was as good a take on the Count of Monte Cristo story as I've read.