Gameboard of the Gods takes place in a futuristic world where years before everything was nearly destroyed by relgious extremists. Justin March's job was to evaluate different places of worship to make sure there is no threat of a religous uprising. When things don't go as planned on one of his jobs, Justin is exiled from the Republic of United North America (R.U.N.A.) 
 Mae is a praetorian. Basically she a super-human military officer imbedded with a chip that helps her fight faster, stronger, heal quicker and better, etc. Praetorians inspire fear in regular humans because they are known for their quick agression. Mae is assigned to bring Justin March back from exile to look into some strange ritualistic murders. Little do either of them know what the Gods have in store for them. 
 Richelle Mead has created a very interesting world. I'll admit the new terminology took a little time to get used to and there were times when I was very confused with some of the things happening in the story, but if this happens to you, all I can say is keep reading because everything will pan out in the end. All will become clear, along with more that becomes unclear, but I assume that will be dealt with as the series progresses. 
 I liked the incorporation of religion in the story. It plays a very big part of the overall picture and I think Richelle Mead did a great job with it. The different religious sects that worship varying dieties can get complicated and twisted, but Mead manages to make everything understandable. There's a prevailing theme that the Gods control more than the humans know or understand at this point making the world itself a "Gamboard of the Gods". We've only seen the very start of that game I believe. 
 To top it all off the virus that occurred years before that killed / disfigured much of the population brought about a change in genetics. This was done (at least as far as we are concerned) in order to prevent the virus from popping up again. The government strictly monitors breeding and contraception (at least they believe it's strictly monitored, we know however that there are always exceptions). 
 Suffice it to say there's a lot going on in this world. I feel like there will be a lot more rules and regulations showing up in order for groups to try to maintain control. 
 I am very interested to see where this new series goes. I like that Richelle Mead took a different turn from what she has written before and gone in more of a seemingly sci-fi direction.