I appreciated the scope of the world and the fact that all characters are Black. The prologue does a pretty good job in setting up a bit of intrigue. Unfortunately, I found my interest steadily waning afterwards.

There's a lot of worldbuilding and a lot of information at the beginning, so the start is incredibly slow. I didn't find much to latch onto in the characters, either. At the point where I stopped, which is 14% into a pretty big book, I still had no clear idea of where these characters were going and what they wanted to achieve. 

I do think there's potential for an interesting story, I just don't think I'm the right reader for this book.