I had read this around 1982 and it stayed lodged in my imagination ever since — but would it be as good now? The answer was “yes and no”. The story revolves around an unexpected environmental reaction to a Cold War secret project called 'Windowpane' - it does still echo with some of the Cold War sentiments that I remembered. Yet, it is also diminished by the prominent homophobic sentiments of ‘Chief Petty Officer Mason’. It is a quick read (218 pages) and yet somehow Page seems to miss the mark - it was neither deep enough on the science elements nor thrilling enough in the chase sequences to keep a strong hold on my interest.