THE TRAVELER: what's it worth?

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from "rooter," prompted by my book review of The Traveler on LewRockwell.com (and this blog) last week. It read simply:

"Subject book is full of weak sub-plots and improbabilities and not worth a $20 bill. You suckered me once!"

Naturally, I disagree with rooter's assessment of John Twelve Hawks' debut novel. But then, I only spent fourteen bucks on it at Costco. Maybe my expectations were six dollars lower...