Absolutely a nerd book. Read it straight through in one day, so at the very least enthralling. It was a good fast moving story. The end was a bit of a jolt to a conclusion (not in an unsatisfying manner, just surprising in that it was over).

All in all how can you not like a book about Pythagoras, RSA, the NSA with a bit of Indiana Jones style son with a lost father, archaeological conspiracy in the mix.

bonus points for the Evans reference in the last pages of the book. Having been there it is truly amazing how much seems to just be made up. Who's to say where it stops. ( )

Like Dan Brown, only if Dan Brown could write worth a damn and knew anything about mathematics. ( )