Difference between revisions of "The Emperor's Soul"

|When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his 100-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos.<br /><!--

-->Shai is given an impossible task: to create - to Forge - a new soul for the emperor in less than 100 days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. She is confined to a tiny, dirty chamber, guarded by a man who hates her, spied upon by politicians, and trapped behind a door sealed in her own blood. Shai's only possible ally is the emperor's most loyal councillor, Gaotona, who struggles to understand her true talent.<br /><!--

The book is set in the [[cosmere]], taking place in the same [[Sel|world]] as [[Elantris (book)|Elantris]], though in a very different region and without any of the characters from Elantris, apart from [[Hoid]], who is the Imperial Fool and mentioned several times, though he never appears in-person.{{wob ref|1768}} 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.