Reads like a screenplay (or maybe a role playing game?) at times; many characters and most of them bloody ruthless. The main character (according to the blurb) disappears early on and hasn't come back yet. Instead, the story jumps through multiple other characters, none of them likeable. The world and plot are really convoluted and hard to follow.

This is the author's first novel, and the first part of a duology (or perhaps a series). She is not credited with any other writing, and seems to have disappeared from the internet. This book has been on my reading list since 2013, and was very difficult to find. I have abandoned this book roughly 25% of the way through.