At Pendemon, Tim praises Brandon Sanderson’s award-winning THE EMPEROR’S SOUL.

In a short 150 pages, Sanderson builds an epic world for readers to explore from the perspective of a witty and charismatic con artist, even in spite of the fact that she’s confined to little more than a prison cell. He weaves a masterful web of believable characters that seize the readers’ attention and pulls them into the conflict, all while exploring themes like the nature of beauty and the motivation for forgery.

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The Emperor’s Soul is an incredible story that everyone should read. It’s short enough to read in an evening and genuinely deserves the Hugo Award it won in 2013.

I might despair at the idea of never achieving a modicum of Sanderson’s talent or success, but there is no denying the quality of his craft.

It truly is a work of art.

Read the rest of Tim’s review at Pendemon.

For more on THE EMPEROR’S SOUL, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Alexander Nanitchkov.

Design by Elizabeth Story.