Almost scored this 3 stars (neutral) but I have gone for the more positive rating, as I do want more, although I think there is room for improvement. The main thing that I found difficult is that a particular character is given a lot of time . . . . with topics that were obviously important to the author, but felt out of place with the rest of the material, and appeared to reduced the time to have a credible denouement, and reduced time spent with other stronger characters. So a lot that is good, and very promising that more could happen in this universe. Quite a lot is derivative from other material, but that really is not a problem with some enjoyable characters and decent acting.