08-02-2021, 09:03 AM
How to Rule an Empire and Get away with it by K.J. Parker
This is a sequel to "16 Ways to Defend a Wall City" and it's not as good as the first book. This book picks up long after the siege has started and it has a similar premise as the first book somebody not suited for the job takes over the main job of running the City because of competence or in this case similarity to the looks of the Emperor. But then displays competence at the job, more so than the people around him. Noktor becomes Emperor taking the place of the previous Fake Emperor put in place by the hero of the last book. But that hero is long gone.
It was just more of the same but the solutions to the problems weren't as fun. There was a twist in the middle but I didn't really care about it. And the solution to the problem was poor.
This is a sequel to "16 Ways to Defend a Wall City" and it's not as good as the first book. This book picks up long after the siege has started and it has a similar premise as the first book somebody not suited for the job takes over the main job of running the City because of competence or in this case similarity to the looks of the Emperor. But then displays competence at the job, more so than the people around him. Noktor becomes Emperor taking the place of the previous Fake Emperor put in place by the hero of the last book. But that hero is long gone.
It was just more of the same but the solutions to the problems weren't as fun. There was a twist in the middle but I didn't really care about it. And the solution to the problem was poor.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm