Much shorter and simpler than I was expecting. Left me with questions about how the society depicted was supposed to function, what other people did within it, especially the ruling class, and what position, relatively speaking, did Beatty occupy within the heirarchy? He obviously knew a lot more than his subordinates, but it wasn't clear whether that was due to his own research or if he was part of the conspiracy at a high level. Not really relevant to the story being told, but just evidence of how fascinated I became by the book as I normally don't give two shits about "lore" or "worldbuilding".