Wow, this is as bad as everyone says it is. I read this because I'm trying to be a completionist but this was boring, a lot of the time disgusting too. Every character and chapter was repetitive. The whole book was sex-obsessed and pedophilic. The Doctor and Ace were so out of character. I will never go back to this book. I don't recommend anyone go TO this book. Skip to Exodus, you're not missing anything special. The ONLY thing I'll give this book is that it was easy to comprehend what I was reading and I (unfortunately) understood everything happening.