Magnificent! :) Stunning! :) A Masterpiece! :) Ten out of ten! :) I love it! :) Masterfully written, with brilliantly vivid imagery and excellent and elucidating metaphors. :) The analogies are exquisite. :) This book is an epic sci-fi/fantasy/action/drama/thriller novel that has beautifully heartwarming comedic moments in the relationships and dialogues, that got me not only smiling broadly, but even laughing mirthfully. :) If you love these genres or if you just enjoy really juicy, entertaining reads, with super endearing and loveable characters (not to mention the stellar plot), and perfect comedy timing, then you will love this book too. :) This is a triumph of ingeniously inventive imagination, unabashedly unleashed with sheer, raw word power to render it all logical and readable, in abundance. :) I am blown away! :) It kept me riveted to the very last word. :) I really appreciate this book's expansive splendour. :) I have found this book to be so, very satisfying and fulfilling. :) I can't remember enjoying another book more. :) It feels outstanding to me to bear witness to this - such a spectacular written feat. :) I am left amazed and delighted with what's been achieved. :) I'm over the moon with it. :) Its vision and scope just kept getting bigger, and grander, and then even bigger and grander again! :) I couldn't believe it, how great it is! :) It kept me up reading late, it was just too good to put down! :) It has left a lingering, oh, so, pleasant feeling in my mind. :) I have found it to be really positive and inspirational, and fun and funny at times too. :) I keep thinking about it, and it's characters, with such warm, fuzzy feelings, such well-satisfied and contented feelings. :) The relationships and character developments are uplifting and beautiful. :) I loved the ending. :) I thought it was done perfectly. :) Even in the scenarios where the characters face real or threatened death, this book shares inspirational, positive messages that have left me feeling empowered. :) The unique presentation of its marvellous storyline (bombs and tidal waves and all - hehe) and cosmology made me somehow feel soothed and reassured. :) Hehehe. :) This should be made into a blockbuster box office hit. :) It describes unbelievable complexities, happening in mind boggling settings... it defines and defies the unmapped mysteries of the universe... and yet it does so with a sense of incredible simplicity, ease and prowess in its language and descriptions... Actually this book has managed to describe and portray events, characters and occurrences that I previously considered to be indescribable... that I never thought I'd see written with such clarity, especially in a fictional book... and somehow it makes it all seem real, as if it's happening in real life, in the funkiest of ways. :) But it also gives a sense of vastness, profundity and godliness... It gives a believable history of human and technological advancement for tens of millennia into the future :) It explores a variety of fictitious (and sometimes really delightfully humorous) religious versus scientific traditions, beliefs, cultures and customs, and their interesting interplay, as well as gives glimpses of up to twelve dimensions of its universe, again with a credible cosmology, and it even dares to elucidate the afterlife (which I must also say was done devilishly well too). :) I still can't believe what has been attempted, and remarkably intelligently and intriguingly, accomplished in this story. :) It feels pretty boundless to me. :) Everything from the small and seemingly insignificant, all the way through to the huge and paranormal, or should I say astronomical, supernatural and majestic, comes together in this book so very eloquently. :) I don't know how much further this story and the world it explores (my phone tellingly suggested the word 'explodes' along with the word 'explores' just now - hehe) can go, but since this first book has already outstripped what I believed could be possible by a long way, I'm prepared for some pretty miraculous sequels! :) From the superb names of the characters and cities (special favourites were 'Javiliki' and 'Tanekyra') through to the adorable, admirable characters (Olokuvon, Alathaka, Vithan, 'Tilanna Tionomes' - again, an uber cool name including the surname :) and I cannot forget Swansword here too) through to the fascinatingly unexpected and scintillatingly heroic plot, from the superlative dialogues that showed the courage to try to, and that successfully managed to, explain the inexplicable, through to the relationships and character developments, through and through, I loved this book! :) From its minutiae to its depths, it is sensational! :) With its lovely and seamless combinations of action, drama, fantasy, romantic-comedy and sci-fi elements, it had me thrilled right up to the very end. :)