Loved this. Didn't understand a word of it. Still not sure what a sobornost or a gogol or a zoku is, and they all seemed to play a big role in the plot. Was i supposed to pick them up from context? Remember them from book one? Hah! Good luck with that! I mean, great it had an immersive cyberpunk quality and it ripped along and had all sorts of great big ideas, some of which I caught the tiniest glimmer of vague sort-of understanding, but I had to sort of paper over a lot of conceptual blank spots which, being a scientific illiterate sci-fi fan, I've had plenty of practice at, but it's been a while since I've read anything this full-on and allergic to all but the most pressing info-dumps. An Encyclopedia Galactica or 'As you know Bob' scene would have cleared things up a bit, is all I'm saying.