Intriguing premise so far. The major flaw is that I'm not really sure where it's going. It's obvious that this is the lead-in to a longer series, in this case a trilogy. However, this book doesn't really function as a stand-alone. There doesn't really seem to be an internal plot arc. It's obvious everything is happening is just part of the larger arc. However, I'll probably stick around to see where that arc goes.