Good enough for what it is: a brainless pulp thriller. Of course, given that the back of the book describes it as "[a:Michael Crichton|5194|Michael Crichton|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1189723729p2/5194.jpg] meets [a:Clive Cussler|18411|Clive Cussler|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1225620641p2/18411.jpg]," I wasn't really expecting high literature.