No time to waste! We are already a few days into the new year so time to get reading! I received quite a few cool books over the Christmas holidays, and like I mentioned in my anticipated book post there are a lot more coming our way! No time to waste, here is what I will be reading in the first half of January. The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley, TorUK/TorUSA The circle is closing. The stakes are high. And old truths will live again . . . The Emperor has been murdered, leaving the Annurian Empire in turmoil. Now his progeny must bury their grief and prepare to unmask a conspiracy. His son Valyn, training for the empire’s deadliest fighting force, hears the news an ocean away. He expected a challenge, but after several ‘accidents’ and a dying soldier’s warning, he realizes his life is also in danger. Yet before Valyn can take action, he must survive the mercenaries’ brutal final initiation. Meanwhile, the Emperor’s daughter, Minister Adare, hunts her father’s murder...