The Emperor’s Edge
When I emigrated to Thailand and started reading Kindle books, I at first had a lot of books to read from series I was partway through or by authors I had read before, but I got to the point where I was running short of material so I knew I would have to try a new author or two if I wanted to continue reading at the pace I was doing.
However, as I was now on a restricted budget I was wary of spending a fair amount of money on a book by an author I may end up not liking and a book I would not finish.
It was at this point as I was browsing the books on Amazon's website that I came across their deals page where Kindle books are on sale from as little as ninety-nine pence, some are even free, and it was such a deal that caught my eye by an author called Lindsay Buroker an Omnibus edition of her Dragon Blood series. I had enjoyed this so much that when I saw the first book for this series I thought if it was half as good as the previous books then I was in for a treat, which I was.
The Emperor’s Edge series has become a particular favourite of mine which follows the adventures of a small group of mismatched individuals, all of which have unique and interesting personalities, who are deemed criminals by the authorities but who are trying their best to thwart the activities of an organisation that is trying to overthrow the Emperor.
This is swashbuckling daring-do at its finest, in my humble opinion.
The Emperor's Edge: The Emperor's Edge: Book 01
Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed.
Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin, is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her skills... or someone wants her dead.
Format
Kindle EditionDate Acquired
18th June 2018Retail Cost
£7.99Number of Pages
324Year Read
2018
The Emperor's Edge Collection
The Emperor’s Edge
Dark Currents
Deadly Games
The Emperor's Edge: Books 01 - 03
An enforcer wanted dead for crimes she didn’t commit...
An assassin wanted dead for crimes he did commit…
Normally, they would be enemies, but they both seek the same thing: exoneration.
Unfortunately, a nefarious underground organization is attempting to kill the one man who could grant it to them, the emperor. If they want to win their freedom, they’ll have to battle powerful wizards, out scheme master schemers, and defeat bloodthirsty monsters, all while dodging friendly fire and evading the law. Exoneration isn’t easy.
This boxed set includes the first three novels in this high fantasy adventure series:
Format
Kindle EditionDate Acquired
4th November 2019Retail Cost
£3.49Number of Pages
944Year Read
2020
Solstice Day Gifts: The Emperor's Edge: Book 07.5
After a year full of adventure, intrigue, and tragedy, Sicarius agrees to spend Solstice Day on a tropical island with Amaranthe, resting and relaxing far away from the chaos of the new republic. But there are a couple of problems. First off, the island is riddled with old wanted posters of Sicarius, along with countless people who would like to collect the bounty. Second... Amaranthe is hoping for a Solstice Day gift.
Sicarius, having never given a gift in his life, finds the second problem far more daunting.
This holiday-themed short story takes place after Forged in Blood II and before Republic.
Format
Kindle EditionDate Acquired
12th May 2020Retail Cost
£0.00Number of Pages
36Year Read
2020
Shadows Over Innocence: The Emperor's Edge: Book 0.5
Sicarius, the emperor’s personal assassin, returns from a successful mission only to discover that the enemy is retaliating by sending an assassin of their own. The target? Five-year-old Prince Sespian.
Shadows over Innocence is a 4,500-word short story set fourteen years before the first Emperor’s Edge novel.
Format
Kindle EditionDate Acquired
17th May 2020Retail Cost
£0.00Number of Pages
17Year Read
2020
Conspiracy: The Emperor's Edge: Book 04
When you’re an outlaw hoping for a pardon, and the emperor personally sends a note requesting that your team kidnap him, you make plans to comply…
Even if it’ll involve infiltrating a train full of soldiers, bodyguards, and spies loyal to a nefarious business coalition that has numerous reasons to hate you.
Even if it means leaving the city right after you’ve uncovered a secret weapons shipment that might be meant to start a war. Even if it's a trap.
Format
Kindle EditionDate Acquired
3rd January 2021Retail Cost
£8.29Number of Pages
359Year Read
2021
Blood and Betrayal: The Emperor's Edge: Book 05
The last thing Maldynado Montichelu—former aristocrat and current ladies' man—ever wanted was to be left in charge. After all, the team just blew up a train, crashed a dirigible, and kidnapped the emperor. It's kind of an important time.
But, with Amaranthe captured by the nefarious Forge coalition, and Sicarius off to find her, the team is lacking in leaders. Also, Sicarius has made it clear that Maldynado’s life may be forfeit should anything happen to the emperor while he’s gone.
To make matters worse, Forge’s cutthroats are after Sespian, and the young emperor believes Maldynado's loyalties are suspect. As if it’s his fault that his older brother is working with the coalition to usurp the throne. If Maldynado can’t figure out how to earn the emperor’s trust quickly, Sespian will go off to confront their powerful enemies on his own.
Meanwhile, Amaranthe must find a way to escape from the coalition’s newest ally, Master Interrogator Pike, a man who plans to pull all of the secrets from her head, one way or another…
Format
Kindle EditionDate Acquired
3rd January 2021Retail Cost
£8.73Number of Pages
432Year Read
2021
Forged in Blood 1: The Emperor's Edge: Book 06
The emperor has been ousted from the throne, his bloodline in question, and war is descending on the capital. Forge, the nefarious business coalition that has been manipulating the political situation from the beginning, has the ultimate weapon at its disposal.
If it was difficult for a small team of outlaws—or, as Amaranthe has decided they should now be called, rebels—to make a difference before, it's a monumental task now. If she's to return idealistic young Sespian to the throne, earn the exoneration she's sought for so long, and help her closest ally win the respect of the son who detests him, she'll have to employ an unprecedented new scheme... preferably without destroying the city—or herself—in the process.
Format
Kindle EditionDate Acquired
3rd January 2021Retail Cost
£8.49Number of Pages
414Year Read
2021