Blood Song
Book 1 of Raven's Shadow
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Narrated by:
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Steven Brand
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By:
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Anthony Ryan
About this listen
We have fought battles that left more than a hundred corpses on the ground and not a word of it has ever been set down. The Order fights, but often it fights in shadow, without glory or reward. We have no banners.
Vaelin Al Sorna is the Sixth Order's newest recruit. Under their brutal training regime, he learns how to forge a blade, survive the wilds, and kill a man quickly and quietly - all in the name of protecting the Realm and the Faith. Now his skills will be put to the test.
War is coming. Vaelin must draw upon the very essence of his strength and cunning if he is to survive the coming conflict. Yet as the world teeters on the edge of chaos, Vaelin will learn that the truth can cut deeper than any sword.
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- 10-02-20
very enjoyable listening.
By far this is Anthony Ryan's best book. A really interesting hero. All the book is Al Verna centric.
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- fretlots
- 09-10-19
Excellent
Really enjoyed this book and have now spent credits on all books on audible by Anthony Ryan. The narrator took a little getting used to, but this always happens for me on audible, you leave one familiar voice and it takes a little time to accept a new story teller, but Steven Brand is really excellent. There wasn’t a moment when i felt bored with this story and i truly look forward to settling down with more.
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- Nick
- 31-07-16
The perfect follow up read to The Name of the Wind
After reading Patrick Rothfuss's masterpiece there was a void in my life. It lay empty for several weeks. Until I stumbled upon this. For those of you that have read TNotW will know that to say this is high praise indeed. It made me forget it.
There are parallels. Gifted boy, travels to many varied and we'll described lands, unrequited love. But Raven's Shadow easily stand alone. Shoulder to shoulder as an engrossing and fascinating epic that submerges you in Vaelin al Sorna's life.
I know a novel is truly great when I pause in my reading to swing an imaginary sword or command an imaginary army. Thank you Anthony Ryan. Well done sir.
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- Scottishgirl
- 08-01-17
Good story well read
Was hard to pick up at start but well worth sicking with it about to start next book now
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- Neil
- 04-12-15
Amazing book<br />
I loved the story, however I do have to agree with the previous reviews, the "performance" is subpar it's well read and let's you get most of the story, but all the extra information you get when reading is missed;
quite often you find yourself wondering which character is speaking, thankfully the story is good enough to carry over this obvious weakness with the audio version, but sadly this is one story I can't help but feel would have been better served by having read it myself
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- Wayne
- 28-08-15
Fantastic epic and brilliantly read
This was a great and encompassing first leg of what looks like will be a classic epic.
Steven Brand reads well capturing the action scenes particularly well. The only downside is during the more mundane overly descriptive chapters his voice can be quite monotone and sometimes difficult to differentiate the characters.
But all told a great audiobook.
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- Zachariah
- 04-03-17
Slow starter but picks up well.
The story moves at a slow pace to begin with but get better as it goes, with most of the excitement towards the end and leaves you wanting to read on to find out what happens to the characters in this world full of battle, political manoeuvring and religious fanatics.
The narration was average as it made it difficult at times to distinguish between characters as they all sound so similar. This is not helped by the fact that the names of the characters are so alike in sound or so long and complicated as to make recognition difficult. In fact I was still confused as to which one of main protagonist's group was which right up until the very last chapter.
For all this it is still enjoyable and I will be reading the next installments.
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- John-Paul
- 25-02-17
Gripping, brutal and beautiful at the same time.
Gripping, brutal and beautiful at the same time. On a par with Mark Lawrence ;)
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- Kindle Customer
- 18-03-16
Epic book!!!!
Was engrossed in the read from one hour to the next. COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!!
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- Mark
- 05-10-22
Brilliant
I have listened to this twice and have enjoyed it both times
Masterful story telling which keeps you enthralled
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