After a slow start, this spy thriller really took off after part 2 and turned into a pretty solid story. I think that the explanations and descriptions were a bit long-winded in parts of the story, but that issue seemed to correct itself by the end of the story as well. Some of the plot seemed to be a bit far-fetched, but knowing that the locations were real and the author (whoever they may be) acknowledges that they took some liberties to make the story flow, I tink I can forgive them.