While one book reviewer praised the novel for a thought-provoking story-line,[1] another labelled sub-plots of the debut work as laughable.

In summary, the reviewer had some issues with the book which he suggests may come about from his distance from the setting, however he concluded that the story-lines are believable and there is something there to keep you interested until the end.

This theory was originally proposed by Australian writer Robert Langdon in his 1975 work The Lost Caravel.

On his arrival here he learned a helmet was quite unnecessary, and as he was sufficiently encumbered with his goods and chattels, and not any of his fellow immigrants cared to accept the iron hat, he got rid of it in the most easy way—by tossing it overboard.'

[6] Therefore the helmet was probably acquired cheaply at some London outlet disposing of surplus military equipment and was not a valuable sixteenth century antique.