I know. That’s why it was on sale. Bad writing and bad narration. The political philosophy worked into every part of the story got really tiresome. (Was this self published?) Example – one character worked for ICE but “Congress turned its back on the agency” (close to a quote) and the character’s family was killed because of it. Also, I enjoy sci-fi and am capable of suspending belief for outrageous story themes and twists but people have to act in a realistic reasonable way within the story. Here, many US cities are being destroyed in coordinated attacks but outside those cities people are going to coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, and their jobs! wth really?! I’ve made it through about 6-7 hours but I can’t go on. Going to listen to some Nov 2025 news podcasts to cleanse the mental palate.