Um, no....read this quickly, but this book strains all bounds of reality. I've overlooked a lot of (stuff) in past Woods books and enjoyed the novels (some more than others), but this one was just one lottery winning moment after another and about halfway through the book I was just laughing at each additional perfect moment created in the world of Stone Barrington. By the time some tragedy showed up later in the book, it just had no impact whatsoever. If this continues, I'll have to lump these books in with my Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett books under satire.