The Emperor's Soul

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Published Nov. 8, 2012 by Tachyon Publications.

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978-1-61696-151-0
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When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life and create--to Forge--a new soul for the emperor in less than one hundred days.

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5 stars

I bought this on a lark recently when it went on sale at Amazon for 2.99. It's a novella, so a very short read, but I enjoyed it tremendously. It's set in the same world as Elantris, but if Jindo hadn't been mentioned at one point, you wouldn't have been able to tell.

Shai is a Forger in the Rose Empire, and she has been caught by the arbiters, the rulers of the Empire, for forging one of the arbiter's paintings. Forgers can't just forge paintings in this setting, they use a magic with soulstamps that can completely reshape objects and even souls around them. The arbiters force Shai to work for them, to do one thing: to forge the Emperor's soul as he has been mute and deaf since an assassination attempt. They set Shai a limit of 100 days to achieve this goal.

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Review of "The emperor's soul" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was a quick and fascinating read into a master Forger and how she attempts to make a masterpiece while captured and yet leave with her life.
Like all of Brandon Sanderson's books, the best part of it is the magic system: Forging. At first you don't have a clear idea behind it, but as the story progresses you learn more and more about it.
The story could have been a bit longer and things seemed a bit easy for the main character, but it's only a novella so you expect a quick resolution to the conflicts.

A longer review is available at my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2012/12/novella-review-emperors-soul-by-brandon.html

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