478 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2014
The children of an assassinated emperor try to stay alive and avenge their father's death while continuing down their individual life-paths, one in a monastery, another training with elite soldiers, and one appointed a minister determined to prove herself to her people.
Good plot and pacing. Good enough to recommend others to read it. But fairly straightforward prose, with occasional moments of awkward or cliched writing, means no need to read it again once the story is spoiled.
Bad. Ass.
This has been sitting in my Audible library for a year. Ijust got to it 3 days ago. I pretty much in haled it, and half way through preordered the next book in the series, which comes out next month. Loved it!
