The arching windows of the tower were heavily optimized to amplify the weak autumn sunlight from Iskan V the warm rays that lit the wrinkled Imperial countenance should have softened it, but even the sunlight had given that up as a bad job.Īcross from her, in a formal uniform that was only slightly crumpled, Kiem-Prince Royal of Iskat and the Emperor’s least favorite grandchild-had been stunned into silence. She sat, severe and forbidding in a high-collared tunic, in her reception room at the heart of the warren-like sprawl of the Imperial Palace. “Well, someone has to marry the man,” the Emperor said. Please enjoy this free excerpt of Winter’s Orbit, on sale. Their failure will be the end of the empire. Their successful marriage will align conflicting worlds. But broken bonds between the Empire and its vassal planets leaves the entire empire vulnerable, so together they must prove that their union is strong while uncovering a possible conspiracy. And Prince Kiem discovers Jainan is a suspect himself. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire.īut Jainan suspects his late husband’s death was no accident. Ancillary Justice meets Red, White & Royal Blue in Winter’s Orbit, Everina Maxwell’s gut-wrenching and romantic debut.Ī famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor’s least favorite grandchild, Prince Kiem is summoned before the Emperor and commanded to renew the empire’s bonds with its newest vassal planet.
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