Blog Tour and Giveaway: The Royal Trials (Last Gate of the Emperor #2) by Kwame Mbalia & Prince Joel Makonnen

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ROYAL TRIALS (LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #2) by Kwame Mbalia & Prince Joel Makonnen Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: THE ROYAL TRIALS (LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #2)

Author: Kwame Mbalia & Prince Joel Makonnen

Pub. Date: July 19, 2022

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 272

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars.

Yared has traveled a long way to find his place in the universe. Light years, even. Though the battle of Addis Prime is over, the spacefaring Axum Empire is still fractured. The kingdom once gave their technology away free of charge, to better humankind. Now, having been missing for over a decade, they’re returning to the planet where their galaxy-spanning civilization began―Earth.

But they find the planet in disarray. Old Earth’s atmosphere is a mess of junked shuttles and satellites. This is especially true of Debris Town, an orbital flotilla where poor spacefarers―left to rot by the Intergalactic Union that rose up in Axum’s place―have taken to piracy to survive.

Yared is set to speak at the opening of the Royal Trials, a competition of the best exo pilots in the Sol System. But on the day of his speech, the pirates launch an attack!

The siege sets off a chain of events that will lead Yared into the depths of Old Earth―and the jaws of a cruel betrayal. There’s more to the pirates―and Debris Town―than anyone saw coming.

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My Review: 

The Royal Trials is the second installment from the Last Gate of the Emperor series by Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen. I loved reading this book. I have not read the first book in the series, but I will definitely will be going back and checking it out to see what had transpired previously. I thought this one was a fun, entertaining, and quite adventurous read and could not put it down until I was completely done reading it. 

I am giving The Royal Trials is getting a very well deserved five plus stars. I believe readers who are between the ages of eight and twelve who enjoy reading Sci-fi and fantasy will want to pick this one up. I look forward to reading more books from the Last Gate of the Emperor series.  

I received a hard cover copy of The Royal Trials from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion. 

 

About Kwame Mbalia:

KWAME MBALIA is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, and a former pharmaceutical metrologist in that order. He is the author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, a Coretta Scott King Honor book. He lives with his family in North Carolina. Visit him online at kwamembalia.com.

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About Prince Joel Makonnen:

PRINCE JOEL MAKONNEN is the great-grandson of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia. He is an attorney and the co-founder of Old World/New World, a media and entertainment company focused on telling powerful African stories that inspire global audiences through film, TV and books. He lives with his wife, Ariana, in Los Angeles.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of THE ROYAL TRIALS (LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #2), US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

7/5/2022	BookHounds YA	Excerpt/IG Post
7/6/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Excerpt
7/7/2022	Ya Books Central	Excerpt
7/8/2022	Kait Plus Books	Excerpt/IG Post
7/9/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt

Week Two:

7/10/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
7/11/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Post
7/12/2022	Little Red Reads	Review
7/13/2022	Nerdophiles	Review/IG Post
7/14/2022	Eye-Rolling Demigod's Book Blog	Review/IG Post
7/15/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
7/16/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review

Week Three:

7/17/2022	The Erudite Labyrinth	Excerpt
7/18/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	IG Review
7/19/2022	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
7/20/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review/IG Post
7/21/2022	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review
7/22/2022	Books and Zebras	Review/IG Post