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A review by bananatricky
Heirs of Empire by Evan Currie
4.0
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Wow!
I requested this from NetGalley a while back and had forgotten the blurb by the time I came to read it.
The book is set in a future on a strange world - I have lots of theories about that which I am sure other readers will also have but since that is part of the story I won't spoil anything.
The story opens with a rather special train racing across the desert at incredible speeds. Aboard the train are 100 soldiers, a knight and a member of the Cadre, oh and a very special prisoner - a traitor who plotted to overthrow Emperor Scourwind and killed thousands of people in the attempt who is being escorted to a high security prison in the desert. When the train is highjacked and the soldiers turn on the Knight and Mira Delsol to assist the prisoner, former General Corian it sets in train a series of events leading to the overthrow of the Emperor. Corian needs one of the Emperor's three children to act as a puppet until he can consolidate his power but the two youngest escape.
I think the hallmark of a good book is that it sets off resonances with other books - never a carbon-copy but just small similarities. For all that this is just one book it reminded me of so many different books/series.
The book just throws you into the middle of everything, part Star Wars with the Amaranti (think Jedi swords), futuristic with trains and skimmers which can travel at 15,000 miles an hour, part steam-punk with ships which fly at 30,000 feet using huge sails, but also part fantasy with Knights and Emperors.
I can't really think of a good way to describe this book without recounting the plot - it has space piracy, bratty twins who hold the Empire in their hands, skilled fighters with almost superhuman skills and semi-sentient technology.
Wow!
I requested this from NetGalley a while back and had forgotten the blurb by the time I came to read it.
The book is set in a future on a strange world - I have lots of theories about that which I am sure other readers will also have but since that is part of the story I won't spoil anything.
The story opens with a rather special train racing across the desert at incredible speeds. Aboard the train are 100 soldiers, a knight and a member of the Cadre, oh and a very special prisoner - a traitor who plotted to overthrow Emperor Scourwind and killed thousands of people in the attempt who is being escorted to a high security prison in the desert. When the train is highjacked and the soldiers turn on the Knight and Mira Delsol to assist the prisoner, former General Corian it sets in train a series of events leading to the overthrow of the Emperor. Corian needs one of the Emperor's three children to act as a puppet until he can consolidate his power but the two youngest escape.
I think the hallmark of a good book is that it sets off resonances with other books - never a carbon-copy but just small similarities. For all that this is just one book it reminded me of so many different books/series.
The book just throws you into the middle of everything, part Star Wars with the Amaranti (think Jedi swords), futuristic with trains and skimmers which can travel at 15,000 miles an hour, part steam-punk with ships which fly at 30,000 feet using huge sails, but also part fantasy with Knights and Emperors.
I can't really think of a good way to describe this book without recounting the plot - it has space piracy, bratty twins who hold the Empire in their hands, skilled fighters with almost superhuman skills and semi-sentient technology.