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This book opened with a great scene. The vivid description really had me hooked. But in the end, there were just too many holes in this story to make this a good book. Why is it that Morgan is able to figure out the one and only hiding place of nearly every stone, yet she is stumped by the only riddle most laymen can answer 3 pages before she does (Who is the father?)? Why doesn't Morgan, at least once, have to deal with authorities when she's in the middle of mayhem? Why doesn't Morgan INSIST that ARKANE (I'm supposed to take a name like ARCANE seriously?) and Marvin get Robert's cell phone location and sic the US authorities on this guy from the get-go? Why does Morgan feel she can trust Jake, a total stranger who breaks a promise before they've known each other an hour? And speaking of trust. Why do monks feel comfortable turning over holy relics they are charged with keeping safe to a total stranger, on the basis of a 2 minute conversation? Why is it OK to kill strangers to save the lives of your own family? Am I the only one who read this book that questions Morgan's possession of all the stones she finds? There was a loose explanation about this arrangement making Morgan more comfortable toward the end of the book. But she carries them around with her? This woman is supposed to be smart. Why is David, and his alcohol struggle, so richly described, when he is then dropped from the story altogether? Why does the author assume that the average reader is familiar enough with Biosphere construction and layout that it's safe to skimp on the description, making the finale difficult to follow? Why doesn't the author find a better way for our heroes to escape than -SPOILER ALERT- the antagonist stops paying attention to them? I can supply more why's. And I haven't even touched on the how's, what's or when's. But what's the point? The plot is not tight. The protagonist, although possibly clairvoyant when it comes to finding tiny stones in big cities, is not as smart as her resume makes her out to be. Jake is a cad. The other bad guys are conveniently not present when they would be inconvenient to the story. And we never do find out why they want the stones or what the connection is among the bad guys and Morgan's parents. The only reason I finished this book was that I thought we'd have a better explanation of the stones by the end.