It's hard to praise the Baroque Cycle to high, maybe just as hard as it is to categorise, it's historic fiction, a little fantasy, adventure like Dumas and philosophical discussions about the nature of everything.

The marvel of it all is that Stephenson manages to hold it all together and even make it interesting, somehow the most outrageous plot developments seems reasonable.

The unabridged audible version is wonderful narrated, a joy to listen to.

On to "The Confusion" volume 4 and 5.