Well that was just fantastic! A wonderful mix of the X-men, Buffy, Dr. Who and Jason Bourne, this pretty much had it all (unless you are looking for romance and some steamy sex scenes, then I'd recommend looking elsewhere). Lots of special powers (some more useful than others...), memory loss, secret government agencies, conspiracies, the modern day equivalent of human alchemists (those Grafters), and a really enjoyable story about trying to make it through days of really high level administrative and cover-up work with no idea who you are working with, for or against. I think the term usually reserved for humorous adventures of this type is swashbuckling...and though there are no pirates, I think the connotation of the word is still pretty appropriate. This book is hugely entertaining and incredibly well paced - information is slowly doled out (but not so slowly that you give up!) in a way that makes it hard not to keep turning pages. I loved the idea of an "administrative superpower" - even a mousy, overlooked Rook can, with enough time, prepare for her own complete memory wipe so thoroughly that the person that comes out on the other side can, albeit barely, muddle through without arousing too much suspicion (and in a world where the unnatural is a daily occurrence too!). There's an incredibly creative and mind behind this novel and I highly recommend it. And really I'd like to know where this book has been hiding and why I haven't really heard much about it... Plus, I love the name Myfanwy. What fun!