I haven't quite read every book, but this could possibly be the worst book ever written. The story focuses on linguistic theories about embedded language. The problem is that if you don't have a background in linguistics (universal grammar, embedding, recursiveness) then you will have trouble understanding it. Either way, the book is horrible. The characters are shallow, the action is forced, and the plot is unbelievable. At some points the writing is so bad I had to put the book down. It's a nice effort, but it just can't hold the reader for more than 2 or 3 pages.