We're fashioned by our sorrows -- not by joy -- they are the undercurrent, the refrain. Joy is fleeting. -- Jorg Ancrath
It’s finally time for Jorg Ancrath to claim what he’s been
working toward – or at least try – in “Emperor of Thorns” ($25.95 , Ace), the
finale of Mark Lawrence’s Broken Empire trilogy.
The story finds Jorg on the road again, but this time in
slightly different company than he’s used to, though there are plenty of his old
road brothers on the trip with him. He’s being escorted to Vyene by the Gilden
Guard. He’s joining the Hundred, the leaders of the lands of the Broken Empire,
at Congression, where they will once again vote to try to name an emperor to
reunify the lands.
If you’ve been following the tale of Jorg thus far, you know
where his vote will be cast and you also know that it will likely be cast
violently.