I dont enjoy reading books out of historical sequence, and I think BC struggles to find Sharpes Sea legs on this one - still a great read but not as enjoyable as the land based Sharpe's with his riflemen. I think BC tried too hard to simply get the Battle of Trafalgar as one of the stories in his series. But if you are a BC fan you will still enjoy.

three superb stories through the book all merge into one great cyberpunk fantasy. Gibsons five minutes into the future world is completley beleivable, full of rich characters, with a scary ability of you making you think "is this how its going to be". True Gibson quality.

Gibson has an amazing imagination, you simply cant put his books down - and this is no exception. He pulls you into his world and leaves you gasping for more.