Victoria Goddard's The Hands of the Emperor
Sometimes the best thing is just to sink into a very long and very interesting fantasy novel! This is a stand-alone, I think, but set in the same universe as Goddard's Greenwing and Dart books. And like those, the central relationship is a friendship between two men—only here, one is the Secretary and de facto head of the government to the other, the Emperor, who is also a living god. I will say this is a very absorbing story considering that it is not particularly action-packed—there’s lots of politicking, and feelings, and improving governments, and family stuff, and friendships between a bunch of middle aged men, and I enjoyed it very much. I did wish there had been a closer edit—there are several typos and a fair number of repetitions. That is a minor quibble, though. I am definitely excited for whatever Goddard does next. A/A-.
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