The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, 446 pages.An intricate, engaging account of a half-elven, half-goblin prince fourth or fifth in line for the crown, who has been banished to the countryside by his emperor father, and who then finds suddenly finds himself brought back to court after a tragedy strikes his family. With no real training, and no idea on whom he can rely, Maia must find a way to survive and rule.
Addison does a great job of weaving all the setting, the historical background of her world, the language and the myriad of characters into the flow of the story (though there is a helpful cast of characters in the back of the book).
This book finished second in fractious Hugo voting this year. I think that I would have voted for Ann Leckie's Ancillary Sword, but I am a bit of a partisan there.
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