Like [b:Complicity|12014|Complicity|Iain M. Banks|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416RCXY5DTL._SL75_.jpg|2132], this was a bit of a slow start for me, mostly because there's a huge amount of jargon, initialisms, and crazy fighting at the very beginning. Eventually things settle down, and we can enjoy some flashbacks, which did a great job of drawing me into the world and making me care (a little) about the characters. I enjoyed Pressfield's prose as I did during [b:Gates of Fire|1305|Gates of Fire An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae|Steven Pressfield|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158206180s/1305.jpg|1154187], but ultimately felt unfulfilled, as this book lacked the emotional depth that it possessed.