cwoac reviewed Pariah (Bequin #1) by Dan Abnett
Simply a long chapter 1.
This book contains some lovely worldbuilding and some ridiculous set-pieces while simultaneously trying to keep the reader as in the dark as to what is exactly going on until the reveals as possible, which it more or less achieves.
But I don't know that I can recommend the book or not, as more than usual / most, it really isn't a complete book, but instead a very, very long first chapter to set up the following books (which currently only one of the remaining two planned are written).
3-4 / 5 books, depending on whether the rest of the trilogy is worth it.