The book starts very very slow. So much so that I when I first got it, I stopped in the early chapters. Until a year later I picked up from where I left off and boy, I’m so happy that I pushed through it because this book WAS A BLAST! Sci-fi, magic, A.I, oh my! Very creative story and the performance was amazing! Loved the creativity of this author and can’t wait to see what else he pushes out. Worth the time!