Like Snipe Hunt, this was rather too slow for my tastes and also a little on the thin side. I wanted to read about prehistoric people, archaeology, and the Native American viewpoint on it all, but essentially this book is about Simon and how he relates to various situations. We see him losing his friend, breaking up with his girlfriend, starting another affair, agonizing about dogs or Morgan’s sister, and various other crises. It does not help that he is overweeningly arrogant and is obsessively self-centered. Surely even a saint would get fed up with his endless moping? This aside, it is a compelling enough story that gathers momentum and delivers some surprises towards the end. Typical of this series, it raises many interesting and provocative questions, and it left me thinking about the ethics of archaeology and the mysterious early inhabitants of the Americas. This all serves to remind me why, Simon aside, I keep reading these books.