Only having read it through once I will wait to pass my ultimate judgement on "Protocol", but early on it was apparent to me that Buckell wasn't capturing my attention like Nylund did. I was expecting more focus on the Spartans. I think he gave Keyes and Delgado and the Elites way too much attention. It reminded me of fan fiction. Maybe because I had such high expectations from books like [u]Fall of Reach[/u], Buckell's book just didn't do it for me.