Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (58)


"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. So here's a thing I'm looking forward to: The Golden Princess, by S.M. Stirling (2 September 2014).




Princess Orlaith, heir to Rudi Mackenzie, Artos the First, High King of Montival, now wields the Sword of the Lady - and faces a new enemy. Fortunately, she also has a new ally in Reiko, Empress of Japan, who has been pursued to America by a conquering army from Asia.


To combat their mutual foe, Orlaith and Reiko embark on a quest to find the fabled Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, one of the three great treasures of the Japanese Imperial House. But dreams have revealed that the road to Kusanagi lies through the meganecropolis of the City of Angels, the greatest and most perilous of the dead cities...and beyond it, to a castle in the fearful Valley of Death. And their relentless enemy will stop at nothing to prevent them from succeeding.

For across the Pacific, the great arc of land that stretches from the dark kingdom of Korea to the realm of Capricornia in Australia is threatened by war. Now all the survivors of the Change must choose sides....

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It's a little bit odd that I feel like I am looking forward to this, because I haven't read the nine books leading up to it, but I'm told this one is designed to be a good jumping-on point for people like me. Or I could always keep looking forward to it while I catch up with the rest!

1 comment:

  1. its always weird to start a book really late into the series because there's so much to read and catch up but hopefully they'll explain it! :)

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