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Executive Summary: Descent thriller story with a sci-fi setting.Full ReviewI came across this book via a self-promotion in Sword & Laser. This is the only thing I have read by the author. From what I read, I think this might be the first novel he's written in English. For the most part it wasn't noticeable. Some phrases struck me as a bit odd, but not much beyond that.As this is a fairly short novel (at least by my standards), you don't get a depth into the characters, but there is enough there that they don't feel flat. I found myself rooting for the main character Frank, and hoping he would manage his way out the predicament he found himself in.The story is really more thriller than sci-fi, but there is a sci-fi setting that serves as the vehicle for the plot.Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was a fairly quick read to hold me while waiting for [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468] to come out on Tuesday. It came to a satisfying enough conclusion, though it seems like from the epilogue however, that Mr. Bobl may be setting it up for the possibility of a sequel.