At first blush, I didn't think I would enjoy the excerpt since the cover didn't quite impress me. I was wrong. I didn't quite get the beginning of the story until it occured to me that Ezra was creating a Frankenstein's monster of his own. A golem as they called in in the Jewish language. Ezra's golem isn't quite complete at the end of the excerpt so it would be interesting to learn how Ezra's golem is used in the war effort.