The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
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The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
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The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir.Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favor with the naïve new emperor, and overwhelmed by the burdens of his new life, he can trust nobody. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor. All the while, he is alone, and trying to find even a single friend . . . and hoping for the possibility of romance, yet also vigilant against the unseen enemies that threaten him, lest he lose his throne–or his life. Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor is an exciting fantasy novel, set against the pageantry and color of a fascinating, unique world, is a memorable debut for a great new talent.
The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison- Amazon Sales Rank: #23350 in Books
- Brand: Addison, Katherine
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Released on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.82" h x 1.05" w x 4.19" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 512 pages
From Booklist Maia, the estranged son of the Emperor of the Elflands, is shocked to learn that his father and three of his siblings have perished in the crash of their airship. Whisked away to court to assume the duties of emperor, young Maia is at first overwhelmed, but he’s a smart fellow and soon learns to distinguish between those who are eager to assist him and those who have their own agendas. When he discovers that his father and half-brothers were apparently murdered, Maia determines to find out who’s responsible, recognizing that the culprit may be someone very close to him. The author combines steampunk and fantasy (this is a world of elves and goblins and the like) to tell an utterly captivating story. Addison has built a completely believable world, with its own language, customs, and history, but there are tantalizingly familiar elements (such as newspapers and pocket watches) that make us wonder from whence this world came and whether it might have sprung from our own, in a distant future. There are lots of unanswered questions here that will likely be addressed in a sequel. --David Pitt
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“Challenging, invigorating, and unique. If courtly intrigue is your wine of choice, The Goblin Emperor is the headiest vintage I've come across in years.” ―Scott Lynch, bestselling author of The Lies of Locke Lamora
“I enjoyed The Goblin Emperor a great deal. I was sucked right into her world of goblins, elves, and airships, and was anxious to the very end to find out how Maia, the unwanted halfblood son of the Emperor, who finds himself unexpectedly on the throne, learns to navigagte the intrigues and danger of the imperial court. An engrossing read!” ―Kristen Britain, New York Times bestselling author of Blackveil
“Impressively elaborate worldbuilding underpins this lovely fantasy novel, but I couldn't put it down because of the heart-grippingly sympathetic main character.” ―Kate Elliott, bestselling author of the Crossroads series
“Katherine Addison has written a nuanced and compelling story. Her world is unusual and vivid, her characters affecting, and her storytelling subtle and deft. This is a book I will be thinking about for a long time. Highly recommended!” ―D. B. Jackson, author of Thieftaker
About the Author
KATHERINE ADDISON's short fiction has been selected by The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and The Year's Best Science Fiction. She lives near Madison, Wisconsin.
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101 of 107 people found the following review helpful. Utterly absorbing By Liviania THE GOBLIN EMPEROR grabbed me tight and didn't let me go until it finished. Not an easy feat for a book with approximately one half of an action scene in over four hundred pages. That doesn't mean the scope of the book is small - the health of an entire empire is on the line, as civil war and external war both loom on the horizon.Maia was the youngest and least favored son of the emperor. He's half goblin and not exactly attractive by court standards, to top it off. When his father and brothers die in an accident shortly before his eighteenth birthday, he his unexpectedly crowned emperor. Given his youth and isolated childhood, he's ill prepared to take the throne. That doesn't mean, however, that Maia is prepared to roll over and be a puppet. He's critical of his father's rule and determined to do better, but he'll need to find allies he can trust if he's going to figure out how to make "better" happen.Katherine Addison is a new penname of Sarah Monette. I've read her novels as Monette, but I didn't know she had something like THE GOBLIN EMPEROR in her. It has the elegant descriptions I expected, but it works in a way The Doctrine of Labyrinths didn't work for me. Part of that is Maia himself. He's a terrific central character, thoughtful, clever, but perhaps a bit too trusting and with a potential for cruelty. And cruelty is a bad trait to be seeded in an emperor.I quite liked the other characters too. Maia has bodyguards that must constantly be with him, as well as a secretary who is far below him in class and rank but far above him in interpreting the people of the court. He also has a fiancee, because he must guarantee the succession. I wished for more of their awkward courtship, although I understood the book already had so much going on. But it was quite fascinating to see two people who don't want to get married attempt to make overtures to each other.And, okay, while there's only half an outright action scene, there is tons of intrigue. I love me some intrigue. There is backstabbing, opportunism, trade disagreements, fear of progress, and more. It's delicious. I could eat it up with a spoon, and I did.I felt that the ending of THE GOBLIN EMPEROR came too soon. There is a resolution, a true indication of the type of ruler Maia will be, but honestly I could've spent five hundred pages more with these characters in this world. I would give my left arm for a sequel. (I will, however, need my right arm to turn the pages.)
67 of 70 people found the following review helpful. The Goblin Emperor is a joy to read. By megazver I finished it a few hours ago and I am still giddy with pleasure. Go buy this immediately.The book is about the unwanted, exiled half-goblin fourth son of an elven emperor who, after his father and first three sons die in a not-Hindenburg airship crash, becomes the emperor and has to deal with court politics, angry relatives, attempts on his life and exhausting fashion. This probably already sounds fun to you, but what's so special about this book, what elevates it above most of the other books I've recently read is how fundamentally positive and full of hope it is. Maia, the protagonist, is at his core a thoughtful, decent human (well, half-elf/half-goblin) being and although he went through a lot of indignity and suffering before the book starts, he responds to every problem with a sense of compassion that I found deeply satisfying and none of it was in the least preachy or cloying.I am so sick of the grimdark trend and this book was like stumbling upon a water truck in the middle of a desert. There are no mis-steps, no false notes. Everything works. It all comes together gorgeously. With this book Katherine Addison has hit a storytelling hole in one and she is wizard and I would fear her terrible powers if I didn't know she will use them responsibly.The only other suggestion I have is to read the section on how the elven names work in the end of the book before you start. I didn't and I figured everything out on my own, but I think it would be easier if I read it for.
50 of 53 people found the following review helpful. I loved this book By William Kerney So why three stars? My first inclination was to give it five stars, but after reflecting on it for the last couple days since finishing it, there's a few things that really bother me about the book.First of all, the author seems to have deliberately made the book hard to follow (the quotes on the book cover call it "Challenging, but worth it!"). It's not like Malazan Book of the Fallen difficult, but the author intentionally doesn't make it clear what a character's actual, you know, *name* is. So within the space of three paragraphs, you might have a character called six different combinations of their three different names (personal name, clan name, office). And then about twice per chapter, you'll realize you have literally no idea who the main character is talking to, and have to use clues from context to figure it out ("Oh, this person knew about the exile in chapter one... flip to chapter one, re-read chapter one... ah, I see. He's a completely unimportant servant who is mentioned nowhere else in the story except here.")As a word of advice: there *is* an Appendix in the back. But the Appendix didn't actually include the names of any of the characters I actually tried to look up.My guess is that the author was intending the readers to absorb all the rules of the world through osmosis (titles and clan names have various declensions that only become obvious once you're about halfway through the book), which I do actually appreciate, but it again seems to just be deliberately designed to confuse the reader.I highly recommend reading the book straight through, rather than reading it a chapter or two at a time, as I did. You'll be able to keep track of the long list of NPCs in your head much more easily if you do it that way. If you're going to read it in chunks, a little at a time: use index cards and write down the names of every character you meet in the book. I'm serious. It will make the book a lot easier to understand and enjoy.Second, the characterization of the book (and the worldbuilding in general) was very believable. The characters never acted in any way but what you'd expect from them, and generally acted logically and in accordance with their goals, which was great for a book which is essentially a low-fantasy court drama.The real issue I had with the main character of the book, though, is that after I put it down and thought about what he'd actually done in the book... I couldn't really come up with anything significant. He's entirely reactive - things happen to him, and then other people do things in response, and he sort of just... does nothing significant... for pretty much the entire book. In the few cases where he does take significant action, they are (honestly) terrible ideas, that really should have come back to bite him in the butt more, but they rarely do. Instead, his terrible ideas always seem to work, because the narrative demands it.Third, the plot doesn't really go anywhere. There's no real conclusion to the story. It just sort of ends. The only overarching plot to the book is what you immediately expect will happen starting on page 2, and there's no real surprises by the time you close the book. Everything is predictable, and it never really deviates from the expectation it sets up from the very beginning.If the above sounds harsh, I honestly do not mean it that way. Instead, I write it in the spirit of defending why I *couldn't* give it a five-star review, which I really wanted to. I love good court dramas, and this is a very well written court drama. It's only a "fantasy" book in the nominal sense. It's not even "steampunk" as some people describe it. It could be medieval Europe (and really does feel like it, kudos to Addison!), with just a very minor splash of magic and magical races. I really do recommend this book, and hope that she writes more in the series.
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