Conveys the complexity of today's "war on terror" - too many competing agencies/countries - the securitization of charitable donations (where money gets packaged up and sent to many different groups without your knowledge or consent). Made the characters a bit confusing and sometimes two dimensional. Some familiar (and a bit too stock) characters (the British spies). A good escape. Loved the Lipizzaners reference as money laundering accounts (turning black into white).