Stories from the world of Zunidh, focusing particularly on the saga of Cliopher Mdang, tanà of the Wide Seas Islanders and bureaucrat extraordinaire.
The story begins with The Hands of the Emperor and continues directly with At the Feet of the Sun. This bundle also includes several companion novellas:
Petty Treasons tells of the meeting of Cliopher Mdang and his Radiancy from His Radiancy's perspective. The Game of Courts, which takes place parallel to Petty Treasons, gives an idea of the situation from Conju's perspective, while Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander explores an event in The Hands of the Emperor from another character's point of view. Those Who Hold the Fire describes an important moment in the life of the young Kip. Finally, Féonie and the Islander Regalia provides a humorous glimpse of Cliopher Mdang and his Radiancy from an intimate but nevertheless outside perspective.
This bundle contains TRADE PAPERBACK editions of HOTE and ATFOTS and smaller paperbacks of the novellas.
Admittedly I read most of these as e-books borrowed from my library because I was too impatient to wait for them to arrive in the mail, but they look so good on my bookshelf, and I look forward to getting to using these copies when I inevitably return for a re-read.
This was a great price and I have no self-control, so obviously I bought this! A week later and I've already devoured two of the books (The Hands of The Emperor and Petty Treasons). I'm so happy I bought this, and I can't wait to read the rest!
I loved the first book so much, I requested my library buy the sequel and got so impatient waiting for it that I ended up buying the ebook set. The whole series is lovely!
these books are wonderful! I'm having a weird problem where sometimes if I leave the book and come back it starts me over at the beginning or on a past chapter. But otherwise it works awesome. And it's really great having my favorite books to hand
More please! I like the world building, the characters and their development, the leisurely pace of the story. Many glimpses in other lives and cultures.
Very happy to get my copies of these books. A little bummed that "At The Feet Of The Sun" and "The Hands of The Emperor" aren't the same size. ATFOTS is about 5mm wider and taller than THOTE which looks a little awkward on the shelf.
The only issue I have with the books is that At the Feet of the Sun is like 5mm taller and broader that The Hands of The Emperor. I would have loved it if the big books had been the same dimensions, for my shelving at least.
I love these books so much, I've been talking the ears off of my friends at every given opportunity about them.
I already owned copies of them in paperback, but having them in ebook as well makes them much more accessible to read for someone like me, that reads while pacing. Even if I probably shouldn't be reading them in the backs of meetings at work.
Ebook bundle came in quick and was easy to add to my e-reader. Reading through The Hands of the Emperor right now and loving every minute of it. The page breaks and text read great and it's easy to navigate.
The ordering and downloading went perfectly fine. The book is formatted well. I only read left justified text on my kindle and there was no need to reformat the ebooks, so that was nice!
I‘m only halfway through The Hands of the Emperor and I really like it.
My only issue with it is that it has slightly more typos, missing word and such than I am used to. But well, it’s self published. Impressive work!