Crucible of Chaos
Court of Shadows, Book 0.5
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Joe Jameson
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A mortally wounded magistrate faces his deadliest trial inside an ancient abbey where the monks are going mad and the gods themselves may be to blame!
Estevar Borros, one of the legendary sword-fighting magistrates known as the Greatcoats and the king's personal investigator of the supernatural, is no stranger to tales of ghosts and demons. When the fractious monks of the abbey rumoured to be the birthplace of the gods begin warring over claims of a new pantheon arising, the frantic abbot summons him to settle the dispute.
But Estevar has his own problems: a near-fatal sword wound from his last judicial duel, a sworn knight who claims he has proof the monks are consorting with demons, a diabolical inquisitor with no love for the Greatcoats, and a mysterious young woman claiming to be Estevar's ally but who may well be his deadliest enemy.
Armed only with his famed investigative talents, his faltering skill with a blade and Imperious, his ornery mule, Estevar must root out the source of the madness lurking inside the once-sacred walls of Isola Sombra before its chaos spreads to the country he's sworn to protect.
Investigate alongside Estevar and the most heroic mule ever to appear in a book in this thrilling swashbuckling fantasy mystery by Sebastien de Castell, author of the Internationally acclaimed Greatcoats and Spellslinger series!
Crucible of Chaos may be listened to as a stand-alone fantasy novel and as a prelude to Play of Shadows, the first official novel in the Court of Shadows series!
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- Stevey G
- 02-08-24
Great stuff
love these stories and the writing is just perfect as for the narrator Jo Jamerson he is brilliant at bringing the stories to life with such great voices for the characters ❤️
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- mary k
- 31-03-24
The storyline was brilliant.
The Narration by Joe Jameson excellent as usual. I was actually there in the monetary.
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- Ms Jacqueline Offen
- 26-01-24
Quality detective storyline
Since listening to the Greatcoat series I have been working my way through each of the authors Audible books, loving the narrator, this book was quality, occasional slow periods, but, full of great language, wonderful characters all brought to life by the narrator's fantastic voices.
I am going to look forward to the rest of the series.
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- Lewis Stephenson
- 25-01-24
exciting story and excellent writing.
I picked this title on a whim not knowing anything about the author or the world teh book is set. I was pleasantly surprised. the characters feel fully developed and the fully thought out. I'll now be starting my way through prior novel series.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-03-24
More Greatcoats!
Love this intro to new series, have already pre order the next book. Love the story and the humor, but brilliant performance of Joe Jameson makes the story sing!!
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- J Smith
- 24-05-24
Brilliant!
A really great intro into the new series and I can’t wait to jump into the next one. Sebastien is one of my all time favourite authors and one I pick them up I can’t put them down.
Joe is an amazing narrator too, perfectly bringing alive the characters and their emotions, all with unique voices.
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- Nick firth
- 14-04-24
Swashbuckling murder mystery
This really was a fantastic book! combining both De Castells classic fantasy setting with an almost Poirot style murder mystery. I could not stop listening and would highly recommend to people even if they hadn't read the original great coat series! (though you will definitely get more out of it if you have)
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- Mothy
- 16-12-23
Great new characters and story opening a new chapter the the Greatcoats world.
This book launches a whole new genre: gothic fantasy detective supernatural swashbuckling. It’s a novel dying to be a film.
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- NeilRC94
- 17-12-23
And so it begins...again
To be honest, when I first started this book I wasn't sure it would keep my attention. However, it did catch my attention and I love it! Can't wait for the main series to start. Enjoyed the original Greatcoats series.
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- LS
- 07-10-24
Perfect as always
Noticed a previous review read this as a stand alone, though possible I wouldn’t recommend it. Start with the first set of books, you will NOT be disappointed. Phenomenal series
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