Wait, so at the end of the book, if I understand that correctly,



I have to ask, BTD, what books are you reading where that happens to often that you except it as a fantasy trope? I don't know that I've ever run into that in another book (and I read a lot of actual fantasy).

Yes Alex, that was what happened.

The problem with this element is that it is so farcical that it is very disruptive to the story line. While the book is fiction, it is not a fantasy novel. Putting that element in was like injecting a gnome with magical powers into the middle of a Tom Clancy book.

I still enjoyed reading the book, regardless. I would love to visit the places mentioned in the book, and it is fun to ponder such fancilful things as a super secret scientist commune and such, even though there is no shred of truth to them. It is fun to just let my mind wander by getting sucked in a book like that after dealing with 4 kids and their homework and laundry and meals and my job....etc...

Perhaps fantasy was the wrong word. But in a book where my illusion of reality was gone. I was in the world of Angels & Demons, and with everything else going on, no that didn't bother me. I was also still caught up in my wtf moment and had to see the sequence of books to see if A&D was before or after DVC.

Isn't Patriot Games full of leprechauns? :evil: