In a world where the only safe options are fight or flight, Hail must rule.Hail Bristol has made a name for herself in the galaxy for everything except what she was born to do: rule the Indranan Empire. When she is dragged back to her home planet to take her rightful place as the only remaining heir, she finds that trading her ship for a palace is her most dangerous move yet.Dive into this … yet.
Dive into this action-packed, Star Wars-style science fiction adventure from debut author K.B. Wagers.
“Excellent SF adventure debut.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
The Indranan WarBehind the ThroneAfter the CrownBeyond the Empiremore
This book is not really SF, but it is an exciting read nonetheless. Told from the first person-of-view, Hail Bristol is a gun-runner who’s made a name for herself in the galaxy as a badass, but she’s actually a runaway princess from Indrana. Although branded a coward by her home world for fleeing, Hail left to search for the man who killed her father. When she’s physically dragged back to Indrana, she finds out that her sisters and niece have been assassinated and her mother is drowning in dementia. The rule as Empress of Indrana falls to her, but she goes to it kicking and screaming.
I loved the snarky banter between Hail and her Bodyguards, most especially Emmory. I had figured out early own who was involved in the coup, but there were some surprises left I didn’t see coming. The action is mostly Hail trying to survive attack after attack. The story moves along at a fast pace and Ms. Wagers had written a fascinating heroine–her doubts, her ambition, her loss and her grief. I’m definitely interested in reading the next chapter of this series.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
This book is not really SF, but it is an exciting read nonetheless. Told from the first person-of-view, Hail Bristol is a gun-runner who’s made a name for herself in the galaxy as a badass, but she’s actually a runaway princess from Indrana. Although branded a coward by her home world for fleeing, Hail left to search for the man who killed her father. When she’s physically dragged back to Indrana, she finds out that her sisters and niece have been assassinated and her mother is drowning in dementia. The rule as Empress of Indrana falls to her, but she goes to it kicking and screaming.
I loved the snarky banter between Hail and her Bodyguards, most especially Emmory. I had figured out early own who was involved in the coup, but there were some surprises left I didn’t see coming. The action is mostly Hail trying to survive attack after attack. The story moves along at a fast pace and Ms. Wagers had written a fascinating heroine–her doubts, her ambition, her loss and her grief. I’m definitely interested in reading the next chapter of this series.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
This is a fresh, enjoyable, action-packed start of a series. Even better, it reads like the best urban fantasy novels, but it takes place on another planet in the future. I’m already on the second book and I can’t wait to read the entire series!
Loved this action packed sci-fi tale. Great world building and fun, complex characters. Thoroughly enjoyable.
This book was so good that I immediately ordered the next book with fastest shipping at 3am on a work night because I just had to be able to keep reading. I love Hail and all the other characters, there are a ton of twists and turns keeping sci-fi political intrigue VERY intriguing, and I think I’ll be re-reading the whole trilogy less than a month after finishing it the first time.