num_pages: 446
description: The youngest half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an accident he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir.Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics he has no friends no advisors and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favor with the nave new emperor and overwhelmed by the burdens of his new life he can trust nobody. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him offers of arranged marriages and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor. All the while he is alone and trying to find even a single friend... and hoping for the possibility of romance yet also vigilant against the unseen enemies that threaten him lest he lose his throne  or his life.
language: English
title: The Goblin Emperor
publisher: Tor Books