Drive your blade through the heart of an immortal empire! Infiltrate the tyrant emperor’s personal guard, gaining his trust and learning his supernatural secrets, and put your assassin’s skills to the test. By sword, scheme or sorcery remove imperial servants from your path, and shape the future of the realm. Choose the successor who will sit upon the throne, and leave the city in peaceful prosperity or bloody broken ruin.A Blade for the Emperor is a 425,000-word interactive novel by Samuel Gohra. It is entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your