I really had a hard time with this book. There's a problem that comes with books that promise "action" but have to set up the world beforehand... it's easy to stuff the book full of irrelevant crap about weapons systems and neural circuitry. Every time someone thinks, it's not just thinking -- instead it's "processing with d-written neurons." It's tedious, especially when it becomes clear that the first half of the book is near completely irrelevant to the rest of the plot.

I skipped everything until I found the word "dragon" and then started reading the final 100 pages of the book, and then it was okay again.