Difference between revisions of "The Emperor's Soul"

'''''The Emperor's Soul''''' is a stand-alone novella by [[Brandon Sanderson]], published in November 2012 by Tachyon Publications. It won the 2013 Hugo award for best novella.<{{ref |name=hugo />}}

The book is set in the [[cosmere]], taking place in the same [[Sel|world]] as [[Elantris]], though in a very different region and without any of the characters from Elantris.{{qa ref|749|38|Reading from Afternoon Tea report|date=2012-04}} It tells the story of a woman named [[Shai]], a thief and a [[Forger]]; or person capable of rewriting the pasts of objects in order to change their present.

|Blurb from [[wikipedia:Tachyon Publications|Tachyon Publications]]<{{url ref>[|url=http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Emperors_Soul.html|text=Book Page|site=Tachyon's page]</ref>}}|}}

{{quote|It tells the story of a woman named Shai, a thief and a Forger—a person capable of rewriting the pasts of objects in order to change their present.<br>She starts off in prison, but instead of being executed, she is offered an opportunity. The emperor has been wounded in the head by assassins, and has become a vegetable. His attendants have hidden this from the empire and will trade Shai her life in exchange for creating a Forgery of the emperor's soul, hopefully making it seem like the attack on his life never happened.|Quote from [[Brandon]]'s post on the book{{bws ref|blog/1121|Brandon's blog post|BROKEN}}|}}

{{url ref|name=hugo|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/2013/09/2013-hugo-award-winners/|text=2013 Hugo Award Winners|site=Hugo|date=2013-09}}