Lindsay Buroker

When you’ve been accused of kidnapping an emperor, and every enforcer in the city wants your head, it’s hard to prove yourself an honorable person and even harder to earn an imperial pardon. That doesn’t keep Amaranthe Lokdon and her team of outlaws from trying. When athletes start disappearing from the Imperial Games, they may finally have an opportunity to show the emperor that they’re on his side. If she and her comrades can get to the bottom of such a public mystery, they’re sure to get the credit. But plans go awry when Amaranthe’s own men start plotting against each other, the new ally she’d hoped to acquire tries to turn her in, and her best fighter—and closest friend—disappears. Maybe getting involved wasn’t such a good idea after all… Deadly Games is approximately 110,000 words. It is the third book in The Emperor's Edge series.

The Emperor's Edge, Book 3

Deadly Games

When you've been accused of kidnapping an emperor, and every enforcer in the city wants your head, it's hard to prove yourself an honorable person and even harder to earn an imperial pardon.That doesn't keep Amaranthe Lokdon and her team of outlaws from trying. When athletes start disappearing from the Imperial Games, they may finally have an opportunity to show the emperor that they're on his side. If she and her comrades can get to the bottom of such a public mystery, they're sure to get the credit.But plans go awry when Amaranthe's own men start plotting against each other, the new ally she'd hoped to acquire tries to turn her in, and her best fighter—and closest friend—disappears.Maybe getting involved wasn't such a good idea after all…

Tess

Book 3 was admittedly more gripping than book 2. Amaranthe and her great team of outlaws are again faced with a mystical mystery involving death and deception. And it's affecting trust among the ranks of the group of friends. If you have read 1 and 2 you probably love the story enough to know that this one is just as good. but trust me, if you have any doubts, it's even better. And you have to read it just for the romantic/sexual tension between amaranthe and sicarius. It will string you along even more in this book as they get even closer.

if you haven't read the first two books yet, i don't recommend starting in with this one. definitely read the first two books before this.

Sarah Escorsa

➽ And the moral of this reread is: Why anyone 👋waves at Maldynado👋 would not want to have a statue of themselves going up a squid’s butt made is and forever shall be one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.

➽ And the other moral of this reread is: Finger dexterity has crossover applications. I kid you not.

➽ And the other, other moral of this reread is: I think I just found a gif of Amaranthe (aka the Fearless Trouble Seeker Leader) and the boys her gang of ruthless mercenaries partying the night away after her latest crazy scheme didn't get them all killed deadly dead (miraculously enough).



Pictured, from left to right: Bas, Sicarius, Amaranthe, Akstyr and Maldynado. (It's pretty obvious but I thought I'd point it out anyway.) Books didn't want to be caught on camera shaking his booty (as could be expected), so he's on filming duty here. FYI and stuff.

👋 To be continued and stuff.

· Book 1: The Emperor’s Edge ★★★★
· Book 2: Dark Currents ★★★★
· Book 4: Conspiracy ★★★★
· Book 5: Blood and Betrayal ★★★★
· Book 5.5: Beneath the Surface ★★★★
· Book 6: Forged in Blood I ★★★★
· Book 7: Forged in Blood II ★★★★★
· Book 8: Republic ★★★★
· Book 9: Diplomats and Fugitives ★★★★



[March 2014]

The best in the series so far and so much better than the last instalment, Dark Currents.

I love the way this series is character-driven. Here, Lindsay Buroker takes another step in character development by splitting our favourite team of outlaws in two, each with a separate mission. It gives a whole new perspective to the group dynamics with Amaranthe leading half of the team and Sicarius leading the rest. The characters really evolve from one book to the next. The way they interact and relate to each other changes, which is nice. You can actually see them growing closer together and forming tighter bonds. I’m still having my doubts about Askyr though. I can’t get myself to really like him and he is definitely my least favourite character in the series. This might change in the next instalments, who knows?

Amaranthe is such a kick-ass heroine; I love her and her uncanny ability to blow things up! She always comes up with the craziest of plans, never gives up and has a great sense of humour. And boy is she patient with Sicarius!

Overall I found that the book was better written and much better plotted than the previous instalments. You can really see a general storyline appearing and developing for the series, which is nice. The plot thickens and I can’t wait to get my hands on Conspiracy!

Deadly Games The Emperor's Edge, Book 3

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