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I agree with the reviewers who had problems with this book. After having read a few chapters and finding numerous errors, I decided to start again and mark the obvious errors of grammar and usage. I ended up with 132 marks. In the Author's Note, Mr. Pirog admits that the book is unpolished, but adds that he "will never change a word." That's unfortunate, given the number of mistakes in the book. Other reviews have given excellent examples, but I want to add a few of my own. The book is replete (a word the author misuses as others have pointed out) with comma splices. Here is an example (Location 1995): "I laughed at my naiveté, Tristen Grayer wasn't back, he'd never left." At location 2746, the author refers to "Neitchze." Here is an example of one person becoming several people (Location 3733): "But still, he wouldn't be so callous as to yank a man off Alex or Lacy and put them on Margery the bookstore owner." Other reviews have pointed out several words that Mr. Pirog uses incorrectly. Here's another example (Location 5029): "That would have been a realistic possibility if Caleb or I had been poignant enough to remove our cell phones before plunging into the Atlantic." Here's a question followed by a period--one example of several (Location 5077): "What were we thinking." At location 5269, the hero attends the funeral of a victim at Andrew's Episcopal Church in Newcastle. Apparently, this church is named after an Andrew who is not yet a saint. However, when the hero leaves the church after a "benediction" lasting close to an hour, the church has miraculously been renamed St. Michael's. Above I gave an example of a question punctuated with a period; here is a statement punctuated with a question mark (location 5821): ". . . Last I heard her parent's hadn't made a decision whether to cremate?" The plot is quite far-fetched, and "raunchy" is a kind word to describe the "humor." As a novel I give it one star because it is an accomplishment to complete a book. However the book can be of value to those who want to practice their proofreading skills. As a proofreading exercise, I give it 5 stars.