Best Novella, 2013

The Emperor's Soul

Brandon Sanderson (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 136 pages

A forger condemned to death is given a last chance: to forge the soul of an emperor left nearly dead by assassins.

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The Stars Do Not LieJay LakeAsimov’s, Oct-Nov 2012
On a Red Station, DriftingAliette de BodardImmersion Press
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