In essence, he is an Imperial policeman, mage and itinerant court rolled into one.ĭuring the course of a murder investigation, word reaches Sir Konrad that his authority, and the supremacy of the order of the Justices itself, is being challenged by a cabal of Imperial politicians and templar knights who are hungry for the order’s arcane powers. Sir Konrad is the titular Emperor’s Justice, a fantastical combination of C J Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake and Robert Harris’ Cicero, blessed with the powers of both a medieval Judge Dredd and Andrzej Sapkowski’s Geralt of Rivia. “ is told through the eyes of Helena Sedanka, the clerk to and protégé of Sir Konrad Vonvalt. Here’s how I pitched it to my agent – I think it still holds up: How would you introduce it to a potential reader? Is it part of a series? I’ve been lucky and have already read the novel (which I very much enjoyed).
Your debut novel, The Justice of Kings, will be published by Orbit tomorrow.
As of October 2021, we moved to Sydney, where I am currently enjoying some time away from the world of law and focusing on my writing. I am a 32 year-old writer from the UK! I have a wife and two very young boys, and for the better part of the last 10 years I was living in London working as a commercial litigator. Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Richard Swan?
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