I love Nelson DeMille. I can't wait for his new books to be published. This one is very disappointing. Mr. DeMille has a clever idea and spends 500 pages writing and re-writing the same thing. It is redundancy to the point of being maddening. As usual, there is clever dialogue but without the usual depth and richness. Don't waste your time. Read (or re-read) Charm School or UpCountry instead. Sorry.