This story was much better than I was expecting considering the reviews I was seeing. Dont let the baby issue bother you because honestly it is the natural progression of the story and the reaction of Bean is perfectly justified, and to be honest if anybody was in that position I believe they would behave exactly the same way. That being said, the story gets going with a idiotic decision by Peter, the world spiralling down into further chaos, and the end of an era (in what way I will leave for the reader to find out for themselves). I enjoyed the geopolitcal aspect of the book immensely. I honestly think that something of this sort could possibly happen but, who knows what will happen in reality. I am eager to read the next volume in the series for Beans character obviously doesnt have much more time left before his genetic defect takes its toll on him and am interested to see how the author handles that.