Items25The creator’s order
  1. 1The Goblin Emperor (2014)The Goblin Emperor (2014) 7.9/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2014Maia inherits a court whose officials and procedures were established without him. Addison makes appointments, access to the ruler and a proposed bridge consequential matters of government. The hopeful tone comes from a young monarch learning to use authority carefully, with practical projects…0
  2. 2City of lies (2018)City of lies (2018)Published 1 Jan 2018Jovan's family protects the Chancellor through an obscure, exacting knowledge of poison. When that protection fails during a siege, the ruling circle's assumptions about its own city become as dangerous as the immediate attack. Hawke gives inherited service, councils and class divisions practical…0i
  3. 3The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1) (2015)The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1) (2015) 7.4/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2015Baru joins the civil service of the empire that conquered her home, hoping to turn its machinery against it. Finance, education and cultural control give imperial rule a reach that soldiers alone could not achieve. Her choices make the people around her vulnerable to a strategy they cannot fully…0
  4. 4The Justice of Kings (2022)The Justice of Kings (2022) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2022Konrad Vonvalt's authority combines investigation, judgement and supernatural coercion. His clerk Helena's account makes the defence of law increasingly difficult to separate from the defence of the empire employing him. A provincial murder gives this opening Empire of the Wolf novel a concrete…0
  5. 5A conspiracy of truths (2018)A conspiracy of truths (2018) 5.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2018Accused of witchcraft and treason, the storyteller Chant tries to survive by influencing officials whose rivalries he can only partly observe from prison. Stories become a political resource with consequences beyond his immediate escape plan. Rowland is especially interesting on the gap between…0
  6. 6The Councillor (2021)The Councillor (2021)Published 1 Jan 2021Lysande must select a new monarch from competing city-rulers while investigating the death of the queen who trusted her. The appointment turns a scholar's understanding of power into a responsibility with people attached to it. Beaton allows her attraction to influence to complicate her analytical…0
  7. 7The Unbroken (2021)The Unbroken (2021)Published 1 Jan 2021Touraine returns to her colonised homeland as a soldier trained by its occupiers; Princess Luca needs an intermediary useful to her own struggle for power. Their negotiations expose the unequal authority behind apparently mutual bargains. Clark makes loyalty to fellow conscripts, family and a…0
  8. 8The Jasmine Throne (2021)The Jasmine Throne (2021) 8.7/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2021Malini's claim against her tyrannical brother and Priya's obligations to her own people create an alliance whose members do not want the same future. Suri gives imperial politics, sacred power and private desire competing demands on their decisions. The opening Burning Kingdoms novel is useful for…0
  9. 9Mask of Mirrors (2021)Mask of Mirrors (2021) 4.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2021Ren's plan to enter a noble household puts invented identity into a city already divided by inherited privilege and older grievances. M. A. Carrick, the joint name of Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, links aristocratic rivalry to the precarious lives beneath it. This starts the Rook and Rose trilogy.…0
  10. 10The tethered mage (2017)The tethered mage (2017) 9.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2017Amalia's attempt to stop a magical disaster binds her to Zaira, whose dangerous ability makes her valuable to the state. Their partnership exposes a military system that treats gifted people as controlled resources. Caruso puts the moral problem inside an engaging adventure: public safety and…0