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Soneela Nankani
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By:
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Daniel Abraham
About this listen
From a Hugo award-winning New York Times bestselling author comes a "fascinating" epic fantasy trilogy that unfolds within the walls of a single great city where every story matters (Joe Abercrombie)—and the fate of the city is woven from them all.
Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countless thousands live and their stories unfold.
This is Alys's.
When her brother is murdered, a petty thief from the slums of Longhill sets out to discover who killed him and why. But the more she discovers about him, the more she learns about herself, and the truths she finds are more dangerous than knives.
Swept up in an intrigue as deep as the roots of Kithamar, where the secrets of the lowest born can sometimes topple thrones, the story Alys chooses will have the power to change everything.
“An atmospheric and fascinating tapestry, woven with skill and patience.” –Joe Abercrombie, New York Times bestselling author of A Little Hatred
For more from Daniel Abraham, check out:
The Dagger and the Coin
The Dragon's Path
The King's Blood
The Tyrant's Law
The Widow's House
The Spider's War
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Adrian sul'Han, known as Ash, is a trained healer with a powerful gift of magic - and a thirst for revenge. Ash is forced into hiding after a series of murders throws the queendom into chaos. Now he's closer than ever to killing the man responsible, the cruel king of Arden. With time running out, Ash faces an excruciating choice: Can he use his powers not to save a life but to take it?
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an ironic find
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The Emperor's Knife
- Book One of the Tower and Knife Trilogy
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There is a cancer at the heart of the mighty Cerani Empire: a plague that marks each victim with a fragment of a greater design. Geometric patterns spread across the skin, until the victim dies in agony or becomes a Carrier, doing the bidding of an evil intelligence. The lost prince Sarmin, the emperor's only surviving brother, lies locked in a hidden room. As the pattern draws closer to the palace he is at last remembered: now he awaits a bride, Mesema, a Windreader from the northern plains.
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Unable to listen
- By T Rao on 09-28-15
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Bloodleaf
- By: Crystal Smith
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
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Princess Aurelia is a prisoner to her crown and the heir that nobody wants. Surrounded by spirits and banned from using her blood-magic, Aurelia flees her country after a devastating assassination attempt. To escape her fate, Aurelia disguises herself as a commoner in a new land and discovers a happiness her crown has never allowed. As she forges new bonds and perfects her magic, she begins to fall for a man who is forbidden to rule beside her.
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Not Understanding All the Praise
- By GPChlorine on 08-23-19
By: Crystal Smith
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The Mirror Empire
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- By: Kameron Hurley
- Narrated by: Liza Ross
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On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past - while a world goes to war with itself. In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin.
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Captivating & thrilling
- By Sean Higgins on 09-19-15
By: Kameron Hurley
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The Bone Doll's Twin
- Tamir Triad, Book 1
- By: Lynn Flewelling
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine, Lynn Flewelling
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As people start to recall the Oracle's prophecy, Erius begins to quietly kill off his female relatives who pose the only threat to his monarchy. Constantly in fear for her life, Princess Ariani the King's sister, gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. But Ariani is married to Lord Rhius, the patron of the powerful wizard Iya, and Iya has sinister plans for the babes.
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Not a bad beginning, but . . .
- By bluestatereader on 12-29-10
By: Lynn Flewelling
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Everless
- By: Sara Holland
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs
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In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency - extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one's own lifespan. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings' palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night.
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Really solid YA
- By E. Zinnia on 01-14-18
By: Sara Holland
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Red Sister
- First Book of the Ancestor
- By: Mark Lawrence
- Narrated by: Heather O'Neill
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From the international best-selling author of the Broken Empire Trilogy comes the first in a brilliant new breakout fantasy series. A searing novel set in a brand-new world, this series follows a young girl who enters a convent where girls are selected to train in religion, combat, or magic. Nona is selected to learn combat and finds herself at the center of an epic battle for empire on the outer reaches of a dying universe.
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Great Story supported by great narration
- By jdykes33 on 04-15-17
By: Mark Lawrence
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The Ninth Rain
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- Narrated by: Jot Davies
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Jen Williams, acclaimed author of The Copper Cat trilogy, featuring The Copper Promise, The Iron Ghost and The Silver Tide, returns with the first in a blistering new trilogy. The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold. Now its streets are stalked by wolves. Tormalin the Oathless has no taste for sitting around waiting to die while the realm of his storied ancestors falls to pieces - talk about a guilt trip. Better to be amongst the living, where there are taverns full of women and wine.
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Couldn’t put it down!
- By Renae on 09-09-22
By: Jen Williams
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Six of Crows
- By: Leigh Bardugo
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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone.
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7 Narrators, But That's Not a Good Thing
- By KM on 03-18-16
By: Leigh Bardugo
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The Hidden City
- The House War, Book 1
- By: Michelle West
- Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
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Orphaned and left to fend for herself in the slums of Averalaan, Jewel Markess - Jay to her friends - meets an unlikely savior in Rath, a man who prowls the ruins of the undercity in search of artifacts and treasure. Nursing Jay back to health is an unusual act for a man who renounced his own family long ago, and the situation becomes stranger still when Jay begins to form a den of other rescued children in Rath’s home. But worse perils lurk beneath the slums....
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An unexpected gem.
- By Richard on 09-17-13
By: Michelle West
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The Oversight
- By: Charlie Fletcher
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Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five. When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she could answer their hopes for new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall.
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Fantastic start to a fantasy series
- By jessica on 06-01-14
By: Charlie Fletcher
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The Seven Wonders
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- By: Steven Saylor
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USA Today hails Steven Saylor as a “modern master of historical fiction.” Rich in intrigue and period detail, his novels set in ancient Rome have garnered acclaim the world over. A prequel to his epic Roma Sub Rosa series, The Seven Wonders follows series star Gordianus the Finder as an 18-year-old traveling the Mediterranean to witness the wonders of that fabled age. At each stop, the young investigator finds a beguiling mystery that pushes his powers of deduction to the limit.
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Interesting History, Not much of a story
- By Mark on 08-10-12
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The Spymaster's Lady
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She's braved battlefields. She's stolen dispatches from under the noses of heads of state. She's played the worldly courtesan, the naive virgin, the refined British lady, even a Gypsy boy. But Annique Villiers, the elusive spy known as the Fox Cub, has finally met the one man she can't outwit... British spymaster Robert Grey must enter France and bring back the brilliant, beautiful - and dangerous - Fox Cub. His duty is to capture her and her secrets for England.
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Highly enjoyable; Audiobook is fantastic
- By Emily London on 12-28-10
By: Joanna Bourne
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- Rob
- 03-09-22
I liked the book, but the format was frustrating.
I like to use chapter boundaries to end my daily audio sessions, and this book made that hard.
There are just 3 long sections and you have to listen for a break in the story to stop. You have no idea if the next break will be in 5 minutes or 25.
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- Simon Pot
- 05-09-23
World building is a bit thin
The characters are a bit morose. The City — ostensibly the main character — fails to be brought fully alive.
It’s not not bad. It’s just not great, and fails in comparison with other fantasy novels about cities.
The narration is…well, it’s professional-grade, but the characters are, frankly, unnecessarily morose and whiny. In part because of how they are written, but more because of how the narrator portrays them.
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- CrankyJinVT
- 07-31-22
Just ok. Not quite what I’d hoped for
Perhaps I had my sights set a bit too high after experiencing The Expanse series.
This was…ok. It wasn’t bad. But, neither was it amazing.
Others have said it was, perhaps, a bit boring and I’d have to echo that. I’m pretty patient when it comes to audiobooks, and even I found this to be pretty slow moving. I can’t point to any one thing that really stood out for me in the book. Which is not what you’d want. It simply wasn’t memorable. At all.
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- Shorty
- 07-19-24
Chapter Readers/Listeners Beware!
First and foremost, I have no idea why the author didn't number his chapters despite writing the book in a chapter format. As a result, the audiobook is broken up into 4 parts: the prologue and 3 seasons BUT audible treats each season as a "chapter" so be careful about setting timers for "end of chapter" as each "chapter" is actually one of the "parts" of the book.
Aside from that, this is a great story about 2 young women dealing with grief in their own ways as they unknowingly get caught in of more powerful groups with grand machinations for the city they live in. Fewer point of view characters than I expected after coming off of The Expanse but the tempo and pacing is well done. Knocked* out the audiobook in about 2 days (which is great considering the printed book's sat unopened on my night stand for a few years).
*I have about 30min of the 1st book left but have already purchased the sequel.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-04-24
It is a very tight story and the character building is great!
Overall a very good story. The magic is subtle but strikes a good balance of plausible and believable not too over the top or ridiculously powerful. The protagonists are well developed characters - the perspective shifted many times but was easy to follow and helped the story flow.
Finally, this story will keep you guessing as to how it’s unfolding. Often I feel like some plots are fairly predictable but this one had enough twists to keep me wondering what would happen next.
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- Kevin M. Martin
- 11-26-22
Narration a bit awkward
The narration was a bit off with strange inflections. The story is good. if a bit small scale for a fantasy series.
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- Screamininmyear
- 08-15-22
Not the book I was expecting- but the one I needed.
If you’re looking for a book with dragons and lots of magic and witches- this isn’t the book you’re looking for. While it has all that in it, it’s in small doses. BUT if you’re looking for a book about a girl figuring out how to grieve and getting into trouble way above her pay grade- you’ve found the one.
I didn’t realize this was a trilogy, as this story could be a stand-alone, but I’m excited about the next one. Daniel Abraham is slowly becoming one of my favorite authors.
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- Vladislav
- 02-26-22
Another Great Read From An Author Who Defies Genre
(Be warned that this review focuses on the author's writing as a whole more than on this specific book. Suffice to say I love every book by this author, and Age of Ash is no exception.)
I once read somewhere that Fantasy relies on magic to drive the story, while Magical Realism treats magic more as a backdrop, an accent to human stories. By this definition, I'd say Daniel Abraham rides the line between the two. His magic is quiet, yet insistent; not flashy explosions and comic-esque superpowers but something more creeping, fundamental, unfathomable. And his worlds push back against the base warlike culture of Us vs Them, Hero vs Villain. He doesn’t write morally absolute characters, but people. Real living breathing people whose feelings, habits, flaws, struggles, and growth are so believable they leap from the page. When I revisit Abraham's stories (and I routinely do) it’s for the humans within them.
If you like what I said above then you will love this book. I will say that if you’re after a more standard epic fantasy, start with Dagger & Coin, though it’s still far from standard in my opinion; if you want something more profoundly human and utterly unique, go for Age of Ash or for Long Price Quartet. For what it’s worth, Age of Ash is my favorite Daniel Abraham book to date, and it reads more like a full story unto itself rather than the beginning of a series. Kithamar 2 and 3 are meant to follow the same year from different perspectives, so I don't think reading the first book necessarily locks you into the whole series (though I definitely plan to read the books that follow.)
Regarding the narrator: I often listen at a 1.15-1.25 speed but I had to dial it back to standard for Nankani and pay closer attention at first, mainly because I was unaccustomed to her voice (which, when I reflect on how many male narrators dominate this genre, might just mean my ear has some programmed bias to root out.) That said, Nankani has a very clean and even voice, though it can sometimes feel a little too clean/even, without as many tonal ups and downs as some readers. And, while I needed time to warm up to her, I also got the sense that she herself needed time to warm up to the material. Somewhere after the first couple hours I felt like she finally had the thread, and l grew to really appreciate her by the end of the book.
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- Sean Bird
- 04-07-22
Enjoyable — Looking Forward to the Rest
I enjoyed this book but I suspect my tempered response will need to be revised after books 2 and 3. As always, Abraham’s writing is beautiful in many places. However Kithamar itself is a fairly standard fantasy city that could fit just as easily in Mistborn, Gentleman Bastards, etc…and the antagonist similarly echoes many other series—I have to wonder if I’ll feel differently after seeing these events from other perspectives. I did feel Alys’ emotional arc in particular was a very rewarding story.
What I did NOT enjoy was the reader. At best she does enunciate clearly, but she varies her voice patterns more of her own preference than in response to the content of the book itself. It’s like she had a deck of cards labeled with moods, and she drew them randomly as she read. And at her worst she opted for this nasally, annoyed inflection that was fine for moments where, say, Alys was disgusted by something, but this same disgusted tone was often just slipped into in the middle of a descriptive passage. I was often confused by her choices.
So while I think I’ll grow to love this book more after books 2 & 3 help me better appreciate the foreshadowing that is surely all over the place, I also dread the idea that I’ll have to sit through this mediocre reader again.
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- Vitaly Kovalenko
- 10-21-24
It was kind of boring. Neither main character was very interesting or had useful insight
The narrator wasn’t the best and the characters were bland. Things just happened. I’m hoping the second book is better
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