I was attracted to this book in the beginning. A life of living off the land, peace and quiet, nature. Sounded like a dream. Then the bad guys arrive. The story just turned corny for me after that. The characters were too cookie-cutter. The good guys were so angelic that they probably were walking on water. The bad guys were too over-the-top evil. So much so that it was just cheesy. Ended up taking away from the story itself.