Like most readers, I assume, I was amazed at the way Mr. Castle took his character through the game. To me, it was like reading a book written in present and past tense at the same time. This method of writing propelled the plot in such a way that I concluded Mr. Castle did not have an outline but was lashed to his writer’s spirit. However, the plot was moving so fast, it was blowing by the characters while blowing up the setting. Then the two worlds, one spinning toward gods while the other spins into chaos are barely connected. Castle, I think, was trusting his writer’s spirit too much. The past tense part stole the plot while the present just watched as everything spun by, leaving the plot high and dry with unreadable motivation. I actually like listening to the desperate attempt at writing when a book goes off the rails and then I try to try to tell when the writer is under the influence.