It took me a while to get through this, for some reason, as if I had to take it in digestible chunks, which is a pity, because it's really good. Imagine if Umberto Eco had written The Name Of The Rose inspired by speculative rather than detective fiction, it might have looked something a bit like this. To get too much into it would be spoilerish of a good twist. A thoughtful, philosophical, theological story about life and eath, damnation and salvation.