This book is very slow to start. As it kept flipping through the characters I found myself wondering when something would happen, how it would all be connected, and if I'm honest I found myself a little bored and confused. About 50 pages in the back story was established and all the characters entered the story together. At this point the book did get somewhat better, although I felt that only Owen was a fully drawn character, and the rest were merely after thoughts brought in to move the action along.