By the end of the first chapter you'll probably either want to throw it against a wall or devour it in a single sitting. The plot, the action, can be summarized in a sentence or two -- but that's not really what the book is about or why it's so compelling. Point Omega has a fascination with the new (...things? environments?) born from deterioration: deterioration of time creating exploding moments for reflection; deterioration of meaning creating a fragmenting mountain of ideas. Stylistically, at times it reads almost like a thriller -- unexpected.