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New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of science fiction, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance brings another action-, adventure-, and suspense-filled story to transport listeners out of this world. Ristéard Roald is the powerful and deadly ruler of Elpidios, a planet that is slowly dying without the Blood Stones needed to absorb the radiation gradually destroying its stratosphere. He has sworn to do whatever it takes to protect his world and his people, but time is running out. Hope comes from an unexpected source, the Kassis. They have found a way to replicate the Blood Stones needed to save his world, but his first dealings with a traitorous Kassisan has left a deep distrust for the species. Ricki Bailey is used to dealing with diplomats and handling complex situations. After all, as the daughter of the owners of Cirque de Magik, the most spectacular circus to the stars, she is used to organizing their trips to foreign countries. Her life changes when her mother and father decide to take the circus to the real stars, and to another star system! If she thought learning new laws and customs was going to be a challenge, it was nothing compared to the sudden interest she was getting from a huge blue male known as the Grand Ruler! Ricki discovers words that she didn't even realize were in her vocabulary, most of them not in the least polite. She decides the best way to deal with the arrogant male is to treat him like she did when encountering difficult Consuls during the circus' travels on Earth; stay cool, calm, and professional, and only deal with the facts necessary to complete whatever business transaction was required. Ristéard is stunned when a strange, alien female, foretold in the ancient tablets as being the great empress who will save his world, appears. He is even more astonished when she refuses his attentions! With the life of his planet at stake - not to mention his own peace of mind and body - he will do whatever is necessary to ensure the female stays by his side. Yet, there are forces working against him and Ricki, powerful forces that do not want him to be successful. Dangers and traitors among his own council threaten not only him, but her. It will take all of Ristéard's resources, and a few unexpected allies, to complete the dangerous journey ahead of them. Can he keep his unwilling empress safe from those that would destroy her? Better yet, can he save his world when there are those that would destroy it for the treasure of precious Blood Stones hidden somewhere beneath its surface?
Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 6 hours and 54 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Susan E. Smith
Audible.com Release Date: August 19, 2016
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B01KMNLB48
Best Sellers Rank: #23 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Romance > Fantasy #251 in Books > Romance > Science Fiction #496 in Books > Romance > Fantasy
I was excited when I saw that S.E. Smith had released a new Kassis book. But for the first time in . . . well, ever . . . I was bored reading one of her books. It pains me to say that because she is my favorite author, but reviews are meant to be fair and objective so I have to stick with the two-star rating. (It took me two days to read it, because I kept putting my Kindle down and wondering off because it didn't hold my interest).In the beginning, I found Risteard to be somewhat cold and one-dimensional, and Ricki was just odd (and I don't mean in an endearing way). Mostly I was just irritated with the way they interacted. He was a high-handed, arrogant jerk and Ricki was aloof and acted very dense (several times he told her she was his empress, and she somehow takes that to mean that getting together with him was a one time thing and that she wasn't really that special to him). And he's so inept, that he has her in tears instead of just telling her point blank that he would forsake all all others because she was his "one". And then he keeps calling her his "empress" like he expects that to make her happy, but I didn't get the impression that that kind of thing would be her cup of tea. In fact, I thought that given her personality, she wouldn't want all the pomp that came with being an empress, so it just felt like he didn't really even know her at all. The story started to pick up in the last quarter of the book-- but then the story ends. I would have liked this book more if the author had included even a brief epilogue. Readers don't really get to see the couple grow closer together or anything and they're left to wonder how the relationship worked out long-term.I really don't understand why this book has so many high reviews.
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