Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Intriguing at first, but falling a little short later

This was the first book I had ever read by Dietz and found it worth the trouble. I was captivated by the concept of a cyborg army with brains, something you don't see too much of on the silver screen. The intimate scenes in the book, especially the one with Mosby and the emperor/emperor were interesting to say the least. The character development in the book was well done and there were a few suprise deaths in the book, which I like. However, for some reason late in the book I became a little bored. To me it became a little too predictable but was still a good read. I am currently reading the next book in the series.