Maybe I’m getting old but I found this a difficult read. Three separate female POV characters, operating in different years (we eventually discover) plus flashbacks of their earlier lives, often without quick identification of whose story we are following. It would all be much clearer on a second read, but I’m not sure I want to do that.

Still, that aside, it’s an interesting enough extension of Hutchinson’s Fractured Europe scenario. ( )

I found it confusing and less engaging than his previous Fractured Europe novels, with too many disparate threads and flashbacks, and vast numbers of characters popping in and out. Also, the le Carré type spycraft got a bit wearing.
OK but not his best. ( )