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| When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his 100-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos.
Shai is given an impossible task: to create - to Forge - a new soul for the emperor in less than 100 days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. She is confined to a tiny, dirty chamber, guarded by a man who hates her, spied upon by politicians, and trapped behind a door sealed in her own blood. Shai's only possible ally is the emperor's most loyal councillor, Gaotona, who struggles to understand her true talent.
== Plot Summary ==▼
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Time is running out for Shai. Forging, while deducing the motivations of her captors, she needs a perfect plan to escape...
| Blurb from [[wikipedia: Victor Gollancz Ltd|Victor Gollancz Ltd]]{{url ref|url=https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780575116344|text=Book Page|site=Orion Books}}|}}
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Is it possible to create a forgery of a soul so convincing that it is better than the soul itself?
|Blurb from [[wikipedia: Tachyon Publications|Tachyon Publications]]{{url ref|url=http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Emperors_Soul.html|text=Book Page|site=Tachyon}}|}}
▲== Plot Summary ==
▲{{for|/Summary|a chapter by chapter summary}}
The story follows [[Shai]], an imprisoned [[Forger]]. She attempts to recreate the soul of Emperor [[Ashravan]] with the help of his councillor [[Gaotona]]. [[Hoid]] appears in the sample chapter.
== Awards ==
Winner of the Hugo Award in 2013{{ref|name=hugo}}.
== Trivia ==
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