An awesome blend of the past, the future, machines, and flesh; this world has stunning variety and depth. The story has drama, murder, mystery, fear, adventure, lust (lots-o-lust), passion, romance, and danger. Feeling at times like a murder-mystery and a historical romance married to an Indiana Jones adventure spiced with sci-fi action complete with nano-bots and freaky machines, Meljean Brook delivers and delivers and delivers. 
 I only take off one star for Rhys, whose alpha-maleness got on my nerves somtimes when he didn't pull in his pushiness. However, it was interesting to see Mina handle herself so well. 
 At times I wished the sex could have been glossed over as it seemed to slow the story a tad for me after the first couple of encounters. However, I can quickly skim read though most of that, and did so. Sometimes, too much sex just gets in the way of an otherwise fast paced book. Still, it was not enough to make me want to put down the book. 
 My only other peeve with this book is the cover. In no way does it reflect the contents inside of it!!!! The cover is rather trashy. The book is not, even with the sex. I would have rather had a completely black jacket cover with just the title and Meljeans by-line on it, rather than... *gestures widly at the leather clad chip'n'dales dancer on the front of the book*...that.