Hi! I went to see the show of the artwork when it was here in NY and bought a deck at the gallery. I wouldn't recommend trying to read with these cards. You have to have a serious interest or knowledge of fringe socio/political history and conspiracy theory. I went to the show with a science journalist who literally explained the meaning of the illustrations and I found that many of the choices the artist made did not really work with my understanding of the meanings of the cards. If you're interested in the history, and know the Tarot, it's more fun to look at each card and ask yourself why you think the artist chose to illustrate the card with those characters/events. At least that's what we found, once my friend explained the illustration to me, I told him what the card traditionally meant and we'd piece what we thought her intentions might have been. As you can imagine from the subject matter, there's a lot of negativity and paranoia in these cards. I don't think you'll want to read with them unless you're into conspiracy theory. Still, I bought a deck, because I admired the art and it was so reasonably priced at $20. I flipped through the book and it was more a catalogue of the artist's work. I read the essay on the deck, didn't shed much light.