So ok, this is book 1 of 2. So ok, Stark is just waking up after having lost everything in the previous story arc. So ok, he really did get on the wrong sides of people before the lead-up to Dark reign. Just stop apologising man!
And he does apologise a lot during the start of the book, but this is a book of how he get's it all back together again so you have to expect that. It's a long story setup with blips of action interspersed, building up to Stark resilient book 2. It's a necessary buildup and it's pretty good. The tension is all there in the form of some new (yet old) rivals who have some kind of long play sabotage against Stark and his new direction.
The artwork is fresh and the dialogue, although quite long at times (he does do a lot of talking) is ok. All in all, something to tide over till the meat (Stark Resilient book 2).