TITLE: Behind the Throne
AUTHOR:
K.B. Wagers
SUMMARY:
Hail Bristol has made a name for herself in the galaxy for everything except
what she was born to do: rule the Indranan Empire. When she is dragged back to
her home planet to take her rightful place as the only remaining heir, she
finds that trading her ship for a palace is her most dangerous move yet.
The main
character, Hail, is most often referred to as the “gunrunner Empress.” The
reason for this is that she ran away from her royal family in her teens and
started working for a gunrunner. Twenty years later and she’s still a gunrunner
with her own ship and her own fearsome reputation.
Cue the bodyguards
(or Trackers, as they’re called) who show up to forcibly take her home.
I really
like Hail. She’s snarky and impatient and a wee bit irritable, but she is loyal
and kind.
The best
part of the book, for me, was her interactions with people who keep trying to
make her look and act more Empress-like. That’s where her snark comes in and
it’s always amusing.
The ending
was perfect… given that this is the first book in a three-part series. I
absolutely went ahead and read the final two books.
When
checking out the author’s website, I learned that the books have been optioned
for TV and/or film. Pretty cool.
Here’s book
#2 – After the Crown
and here’s
book #3 – Beyond the Empire
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