Alder’s struggle between the two sides of his heritage becomes so much more apparent with the first-person perspective. This novel was told in first-person perspective, which I normally am not a fan of, but it worked really well in this instance. Now, on the verge of taking the steps that will forge the path of his life, Alder discovers that the conflict between the Empire and the resistance is only the beginning of a war that will engulf both heaven and earth, gods and man-and he may be the key to final victory for whichever side can claim him as their own… It began when his spirited, rebellious grandmother took Alder into the woods and introduced him to her ways-ways he has never been able to forget. But from his mother he has inherited defiance from the Empire, a history of wild gods and magic unlike anything the Imperial sorcerers could yet control. And it is expected that Alder, too, will follow this tradition by passing the Imperial exams, learning the accepted ways of magic and, if he serves with honor, enhancing his family’s prominence by rising to take a most powerful position in Sien-the Hand of the Emperor. On his father’s side, a legacy of proud loyalty and service to the god-like Sienese Emperor spanning generations. I was provided with a review copy of the novel by Netgalley. The novel is the author’s debut novel and was released in August 2021 by JAB Books. It is the first novel in the Pact and Pattern series. The Hand of the Sun King is a 2021 fantasy novel by J.T.
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