One of my favorite books of the year, tied into one of my favorite movies of the year! The way Keyes expands on the stories being told in the films expands the appreciation for the series overall. My favorite aspect of the novel is how the apes are now starting to develop complex dreams, which leads to more advanced thinking and an appreciation of a world beyond the tangible. I also liked the sketching out of the remains of the human world, including the factionalism and the dire religious cults that remind one of the nuke-worshipping mutants from Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Details such as these that make these novels so essential to the greater narrative of the movies. ( )