Title: How to Rule an Empire and Get Aware with It
Author: KJ Parker
Purchased from Audible
Started: 1/30/2026
Finished: 2/3/2026
I held out as long as I could but blew my final Audible credit on the second book the Siege series. I love the first (16 ways...) and enjoyed this one just as much. As I was telling my wife, the protagonists in these books both tell stories the way I do -- with a lot of digression that usually (but not always) has a deeper meaning for the story you are telling.
If your story is good, these digressions add a lot. And of course they ALWAYS work in a book like this. In real life conversations, with interruptions, forgetful memories, spilled wine, etc., they're only successful a small percentage of the time.
No more credits so it may be a while before I pick up the next in this series, but these first two were very enjoyable.
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