The most underwhelming story in the genre. Dunno bout ya'll but nobody really got what they deserved. Heck, the readers didn't even get what they wanted (at least I didn't). Also, Emperor going away in that manner felt like a cop out. There's just nothing fun in the story as you keep wanting to see the baddies getting punished (not enough by the end) but I feel like it peters out into meh.
I feel like I wasted my time pushing though reading this.