THE EMPERORS SOUL HC – BRANDON SANDERSON

From the bestselling author of the Mistborn Trilogy and co-author of the final three books of Robert Jordan s Wheel of Time series comes the tale of a heretic thief who may be an Empire s only hope for survival. Shai is a Forger: a foreigner who can flawlessly re-create any item by rewriting its history using skillful magic . . . although she s currently condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor s sceptre, she has one last opportunity to save herself. The emperor has barely survived an assassination attempt, he needs a new soul and, despite viewing her skill as a Forger an abomination, her captors have turned to Shai for help. Skillfully deducing her captors plans, Shai know the first thing she needs is a perfect escape plan. but in the meantime, her fate and that of the empire lies in completing an impossible task: is it possible to create a forgery so convincing that it s better than the soul itself?