A Time of Torment

As always with Connolly, this is a terrifically readable thriller, well written with vividly drawn characters and a plot that keeps you turning the pages. The only reason this isn't a four or five star review is my building frustration with the underlying big story of the series. It's an intriguing story of good vs evil on a cosmic scale, but it is moving so glacially slowly that it is danger of losing my interest. I'd love it if there was an endpoint in sight, if Connolly said “five more books and it's done” but right now I feel I'm investing n something which is never going to pay off.