i wanted to read the book on alchemy but i got drawn into the dead zone and it's so compelling it's what i'm thinking of so it's not depressing it's just what is happening what is happening is a controlled deliberate destruction of life it's so compelling to be involved in this and reading about it at the same time knowing yet not knowing who will survive when 50 percent of animal life has died and the dead zones expand leaving you wondering will the entire earth soon be a dead zone?