But if you’re expecting another story about high-level political shenanigans and corruption at the heart of the empire wrapped around a coming of age or coming into power story, check those expectations at the door before opening this book. Which doesn’t mean that it isn’t marvelous and well worth reading in its own right, because it’s both. But The Witness for the Dead, in spite of the titular witness being one of the characters introduced in the first book, is absolutely nothing like the first book. There’s irony in the above as I picked up The Witness for the Dead because I was hoping for more like T he Goblin Emperor. So if you like the one there’s a fairly good chance you’ll like all the others and vice versa.
I read this because I absolutely adored The Goblin Emperor – and I’ve liked many of the author’s books written as Sarah Monette as well. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness. It is his duty use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of the murdered.Ĭelehar’s skills now lead him out of the quiet and into a morass of treachery, murder, and injustice. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his father’s Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Katherine Addison returns at last to the world of The Goblin Emperor with this stand-alone sequel. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Series: Goblin Emperor #2, Cemeteries of Amalo #1 Source: supplied by publisher via Edelweiss, supplied by publisher via NetGalleyįormats available: hardcover, ebook, audiobook The Witness for the Dead (The Goblin Emperor, #2) by Katherine Addison
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