This is such an involved read that it’s difficult to decide where to start. …
Etinan and her sibling Xiang live on the moon Koriko, which is the under rule of Vaalbaran empire. Following the death of her lover, a Vaalbaran noblewomen, and the disappearance of Xiang, Etinan arranges to be taken as a hostage by the empire so she can find him. Now living as a “guest” of the empire, she is thrown headlong into the web of politics and treachery within the Splinter, the vast palace that serves as the capital residence of the empire.
But in her quest to find her missing sibling, and free her people from the yoke of the empire, she finds an unlikely, if not completely trustworthy ally: Menkhet Ta-Mui, the God-Emperor herself.
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