2.5 stars. Ahh - my end of the year hopefuls are not quite going my way. I love Shea Ernshaw's beautiful writing style, but I couldn't really connect with this story! Personally, I found the action happened to soon so there was a chase going for the whole book (and sadly it made the whole middle a little repetitive), and I couldn't really connect with the characters. While I love the story of the Astronomer and the Architect, I thought it could have been better sold as a sci-fi to maybe reach a better audience. I did read it quickly to see what happened, but wasn't my favourite by this author.