After reading the blurb, I was wholly prepared not to like this concept, but I was surprised! In fact, I could not put the excerpt down and now I think I will just be thinking about this book until I can read it in its entirety. The universe is beautifully detailed and the plot is keeping me very interested. There seem to be a lot of different mysteries/plot lines going on, so I am interested to see how they will all come together in the end.