Review: A good book at a Great value
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2011
I want to start off by saying that I really enjoyed this book.  It was a fun book to read and I finished it in a little over a day.  That being said I believe that there was a lot about the author's world building left to the imagination, a little too much for my taste.  I could understand that he didn't want to give up the origins of the nanites that let the Operators perform the magical feats, but where did the protocols come from.  How did they download?  What lets some Operators use more protocols than others.  Why didn't Alex have any side effects the first time he used the Absolute Protocol.  Who put the doors on the Black protocols and why?  Can the M-class operators use basic protocols?  Why couldn't Alex.  What do the Cartels even do when they are not fighting each other and how do they make money? What is the agenda of the witches and the Wier? These were just some of the questions I hoped would be answered.I believe the author has a great talent for painting a picture with words, and I couldn't put this book down and I really enjoyed it.  But in the end I just felt a little unsatisfied and confused.