Fans of dramatic irony, space opera farce, and anyone who has ever tried to do a bad job and been promoted for it.
People who want their villains to actually win, hard sci-fi purists, or anyone tired of the “misunderstood protagonist” trope. I 39-m The Evil Lord Of An Intergalactic Empire Volume 8
And boy, does Volume 8 deliver.
What makes Volume 8 shine is the . Previous volumes had Liam’s “evil” plans failing upward in local skirmishes. Here, his incompetence-as-genius reaches galactic scale. He tries to shirk responsibility by throwing a lavish, wasteful party for his enemies (hoping to bankrupt himself). Instead, the party becomes a landmark diplomatic event that forges a permanent trade alliance. He orders his fleet to “burn a troublesome neutral planet to ash” (to look menacing). They interpret this as a precision orbital strike on a single weapons depot, “saving” the planet from a hidden coup. He is awarded a medal. Fans of dramatic irony, space opera farce, and
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go write a strongly worded complaint to the author: Please let Liam win just once. By which I mean, actually be evil. He’ll probably end up saving the galaxy instead. What makes Volume 8 shine is the
This volume picks up with Liam’s territory expanding again (much to his horror). He’s now so powerful that the Empire’s central nobles are openly panicking. The key conflict here is twofold: a new, sneaky assassination plot from a coalition of jealous aristocrats, and a mysterious pirate fleet that may or may not be a puppet for a rival empire.