I'll give Andrew Mayne this much: he doesn't think small. Before this book is done, American society itself will be teetering on the edge -- driven by our peculiar combination of religion, technology, and other forms of magical thinking. I didn't find the plot believable in the slightest, but it was diverting and fast-paced enough that there just wasn't ROOM for much of the "inside the protagonist's nighttime thoughts" stuff that I feel is the weakest part of this series.