A good concept, and I have never seen the word redolent in a fiction novel before. Nonetheless I found it hard to follow this thing in places; it seemed to leap about without much reason behind it. I'd expect something brilliant with this idea, the sort of thing [a:Robert J. Sawyer|25883|Robert J. Sawyer|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1224975910p2/25883.jpg] would give justice to. Sadly, not a brilliant read for me.