 Hello and welcome once again to 30 Seconds Sci-Fi. I'm Keith here to tell you this week about The Emperor's Blades by Brian Stavely. This is another discovery that I got from tour.com If you're not following tour.com you should They give away free science fiction and fantasy books all the time and that's that's how I got this one Boy, did I enjoy this book couldn't put it down. It takes place in a world that has a unique system of magic It's kind of a medieval society. It's about a group of young recruits who are being trained To be in the Emperor's Army and boy are they put through the ringer. One of them is The son or the nephew of the Emperor I forget anyway He's he might be in line to be the next Emperor and that's where the trouble starts There is murder There are murder mysteries. There is action This book was certainly not perfect I got frustrated sometimes with the characters making the same mistakes over and over and being a little bit too one-dimensional but this is one of those Refreshing books where the bad guys are the bad guys and the good guys are the good guys and you can root for the Good guys and the bad guys get what's coming to them Refreshing I recommend it Thank you for watching this week Please become a sponsor you can follow the links on screen and in the description below To pledge a small monthly amount or you can make a one-time donation and please Give the video a thumbs up and a comment Any activity helps see you next week