Alexandra, above, has the right idea about this book: there's less to it than meets the eye. For example:

o Main character is always portrayed as a marvelous, determined woman--everybody says so--yet she spends a lot of time not doing very much. Even her internal reflections fail to grow, change or mature--they are simply repeated. So this book fails as a study in character.

o Main character's disobedience of military orders--and then being let off the hook for it and praised instead --simply isn't credible.

o We are teased throughout the book about the main character's past and relationship with her father. We are told that her main love interest is helping her get on the right track. But author provides no grounding in the lover's actions or background to give us any hint why this should be so. So this book fails as a love story, IMHO. The lover isn't completely dropped--but might as well have been. The novel would be 10x better if this loop were closed or at least had some verisimilitude

o Main character takes several risks that seem stupid for a trained an underground resistance fighter. Several should have gotten her captured and shot (as many in her position actually were). So the tension seems popping along. In these risks seem to be nothing more than a tool to keep the novel going. So this novel fails to meet a reasonably high standard as an adventure story.

o Main character spends time seeking her lost lover at great risk, then inexplicably gives it up.

This novel creates great tension and is an exciting read (or listen) but is ultimately incoherent. That's not to say a novel needs a tidy ending or even a tidy plot, but it would be nice of some of the hinted character threads led to something to think about. The best part of the book is the thoughtful exploration of what it is like to live under a government which has bartered its soul to the devil. Faust is about a single individual who does this. What happens when your government does it?

I really wanted to like this book. However, the more I reflect on it the less coherent or deep it seems.