Happy Friday!
Book Beginnings is hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader. She asks that the first sentence is posted along with the author and title of the book and the reader's initial thoughts on the sentence, the book, or anything else it inspires.
Carrie at Reading Is My Superpower.org also provides a linky for sharing first lines and connecting with others. This meme asks that the chosen books be PG or marked as Mature if they are not.
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda at Freda's Voice. This meme is currently on hiatus but many of us are still including a sentence from page 56 or from 56% of the ebook. Anne @ Head Full of Books is picking up the slack until Freda is ready to return. I think this link will get you to the correct place.
Beginning:
Grand Admiral, Her Royal Highness Kris Longknife of Wardhaven stood at attention.
Friday 56:
Kris bowed her head from the neck for a moment. "It is an honor to see such an eminent advisor to the Emperor and wise leader to such a mighty clan," she said, modifying the Iteeche greeting she'd been given. She wasn't worshiping the Emperor. Granmpa Ray would never go along with that.
Grand Admiral, Her Royal Highness Kris Longknife is up to her ears in problems . . . again.
While summoned to the Imperial Iteeche Court to be humanity’s Emissary, it turns out that what the Iteeche really want is a fighting admiral!
You see, they’ve got this huge civil war going, and the Imperial side isn’t doing so well. Kris now has command of the entire Imperial Combined Fleet. Sort of.
The Iteeche Empire has a ten-thousand-year long history. There is nothing that won’t say, “We’ve always done it that way,” pointing to a track record lasting for thousands of years. Even when Kris reminds them they’re losing, many have a hard time changing.
Many Iteeche also wonder if letting a human win this war for them isn’t losing everything already.
Kris managed to win a defensive battle with a scratch force. Now she’s thrown together a larger force and is ready to take the fight to the rebels.
It’s full speed ahead with Kris Longknife: Commanding.
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