I still like the characters, but this story just didn't really seem to do much other than rotate some old characters out and new characters in, and make it harder and harder to keep Berry's "Magellan Billet" and Rollins' "Sigma Force" straight. Did learn a bit about Paris and Napoleon, but the climatic scenes get way too complicated with the action cutting back and forth between four groups - you need a chart and slides to follow what's going on. But I have to admit that the way Berry handled one of the characters' mistresses was pretty well-done. This is well-written stuff, even if the plotting is sometimes a bit difficult to follow (or believe).