This was pretty interesting. Jensen made himself a character in his own novel, which I guess is a more honest way to promote your opinions and ideas in a fictional format than the usual proxy characters one encounters in these kinds of books. His character is the narrator and protagonist, so I estimate that about half of the book reads more like his usual nonfiction than what I expect from a novel.

A main theme: Like any invasive species after an extended period of population explosion which crowds out native species, "civilized" humans will eventually face a limit to which we will succumb, at which point native species can recover.

There were a only a few moments in the actual story that I really enjoyed. Otherwise it was unspectacular. Placed alongside his previous work, it takes a slightly different, semi-mystical angle on his usual subject matter.
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