A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a brilliant young talent

The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir.

Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.

Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favor with the naïve new emperor, and overwhelmed by the burdens of his new life, he can trust nobody. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor. All the while, he is alone, and trying to find even a single friend . . . and hoping for the possibility of romance, yet also vigilant against the unseen enemies that threaten him, lest he lose his throne–or his life.

Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor is an exciting fantasy novel, set against the pageantry and color of a fascinating, unique world, is a memorable debut for a great new talent.

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"At once intimate and literally operatic, it's everything I love about Katherine Addison's writing, in ways I didn't know to expect. I loved it." —John Scalzi

Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, The Goblin Emperor, in this stand-alone sequel

When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his father’s Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin.

Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. It is his duty use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of the murdered.

Celehar’s skills now lead him out of the quiet and into a morass of treachery, murder, and injustice. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness.

Katherine Addison has created a fantastic world for these books – wide and deep and true.

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Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor, returns with The Angel of the Crows, a fantasy novel of alternate 1880s London, where killers stalk the night and the ultimate power is naming.

This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the book you are expecting.

In an alternate 1880s London, angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings in a well-regulated truce. A fantastic utopia, except for a few things: Angels can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb in both the physical and metaphysical worlds. And human beings remain human, with all their kindness and greed and passions and murderous intent.

Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows.

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«Desafiante, vigorizante, y única».
Scott Lynch, autor bestseller de The Lies of Locke Lamora

"Sorprendentemente elaborado. Una novela de fantasía preciosa que no podía dejar de leer».
Kate Elliott. New York Times bestselling, autora de Blackveil

«Katherine Addison ha escrito una historia matizada y convincente. Su mundo es inusual y vivo, su narración sutil y hábil. Un libro muy recomendable que recordarán por mucho tiempo».
D. B. Jackson, autor de Thieftaker

«Una obra con una trama llena de pequeñas trampas, pero mortales, entre las que un confuso Maia debe navegar. El resultado es un drama fascinante y realmente conmovedor».
Kirkus Review

«Una ambiciosa y meticulosa creación de un mundo fantástico para un conjunto excepcional personajes […] La evocación expresiva de la timidez y la inseguridad que afecta a su joven protagonista añade autenticidad a la configuración de esta fantasía steampunk».
Publishers Weekly

Maia, el hijo menor y mitad goblin del emperador, ha pasado toda su vida en el exilio, lejos de la corte imperial y de las mortíferas intrigas que la envuelven. Sin embargo, cuando su padre y sus tres hermanos sucesores al trono mueren en un «accidente», no le queda más remedio que aceptar su cargo de único heredero legítimo. Carece por completo de formación en la política de la corte, además de no tener amigos ni consejeros, pero sí alberga la certeza de que quien quiera que asesinara a su padre y a sus hermanos podría intentarlo con él en cualquier momento. Rodeado de aduladores ansiosos por conseguir el favor del nuevo e ingenuo emperador, y abrumado por las responsabilidades de su nueva vida, Maia no puede confiar en nadie.

En mitad del torbellino de tramas para deponerlo, ofertas de matrimonios concertados y el espectro de los conspiradores desconocidos que acechan en la sombra, debe adaptarse rápidamente a su vida como Emperador Goblin. Todo ese camino lo va recorriendo solo, a la búsqueda de al menos un amigo, y con la esperanza también de vivir una historia de amor, aunque siempre en guardia frente a los enemigos ocultos que lo amenazan, por miedo a perder el trono… o la vida.