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The Ruin of Kings
- A Chorus of Dragons, Book 1
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Soneela Nankani, Vikas Adam
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
In this thunderously good listen, prophecy and magic combine in an incredible epic fantasy of imperial politics, gods and demons. The Ruin of Kings is the first book in Jenn Lyons's extraordinary series, A Chorus of Dragons.
When destiny calls, there's no fighting back . . .
As a bard’s apprentice, Kihrin grew up with tales of legendary deeds. He also steals, desperate to buy a way out of Quur’s slums. But when he raids the wrong house, he’s marked by a demon and life will never be the same again.
Kihrin’s plight brings him to the attention of royalty, who claim him as the lost son of their immoral prince. But far from living the dream, Kihrin’s at the mercy of his new family’s ruthless ambitions. However, escaping his jewelled cage just makes matters worse. Kihrin is horrified to learn he’s at the centre of an ancient prophecy. And every side – from gods and demons to dragons and mages – want him as their pawn. Those old stories lied about many things too, especially the myth that the hero always wins.
Then again, maybe Kihrin isn’t the hero, for he’s not destined to save the empire. He’s destined to destroy it.
Continue the epic fantasy adventure with The Name of All Things and The Memory of Souls.
‘What an extraordinary book . . . enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it' - Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians
‘A fantastic page-turner with a heady blend of great characters' - John Gwynne, author of A Time of Dread
'A virtually un-put-down-able read' - Kirkus Reviews
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- Tomas
- 15-06-19
Great new fantasy
The story is gripping if a bit convoluted in the beginning, I felt sad halfway through when I found out there was only one book available in the series, I hope to see more from this author in the future, stick with it!
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- Mto108
- 23-03-19
Amazing world-building but so convoluted!
Some very good performances from the narrators couldn't disguise an overcooked plot and convoluted structure.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-11-20
epic fantasy
Loved the narration from start to finish, Looking forward to the rest of the books.
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- Client d'Amazon
- 22-05-24
Simply Amazing!
The descriptions in this are amazing and bring me back every time. Also there are lines in this that are better than all others like “that’s s damn dragon you’re running us into”.
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- welshwitch
- 26-10-20
Outstanding
I read this not long after publication but wanted to reread before completing the series. I decided I’d try the audio and WOW!
Excellent narration by all three. I’m considering listening to the others.
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- Arman
- 11-11-19
way too convoluted
I love a good "hidden lineage" bit come on. no one was who thought them to be and the tree of identities and relations ended up looking like a tangled web. narrator even admits "it's complicated" at some point which should tell the author to ease up on the twists. solid other than that, though
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- M. Paddon
- 28-07-19
Good story nearly ruined.
I hate to say this, but I get the impression from parts of the book that the author is quite the feminist due to quite a lot of gender - and other - politics happening in ways that are more current era and not fitting the genre too much. Add in it is my opinion this is why we have a female narrator being added as one of the narrators. For me the narration and split timeline theme made the whole book disjoined and not the immersive read it should have been. This book should have been read by one male narrator, given that the main character is male, and it would have been far better as a linear progression for the story. I really find books I have to listen to the main character being voiced by two different narrators grating, but listening to them from a man and a woman is worse, and more so when the male and female have such radically different tones and pitches. All this is a shame, as the story is good and the characters are solid ones that I liked. I'm not saying this is a book to avoid, as maybe you'll deal with the issues I found so grating and unnecessary. I'm just sad, as I could easy see me rating this a 4 or 5 star book if it hadn't been messed around with like this.
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- KennieM
- 29-04-21
Confusing, but enjoyable - worth a re-listen
At first, I found following the story a little confusing because of its narrative structure, but it was very enjoyable once I got into it. I enjoyed the lore and the world around it. I will be looking into this one again so I can pick up anything I missed.
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- Dominika T.
- 18-03-24
Very good
Took some getting into and will probably have to re-listen to it again to understand all the details properly, but it was very good listen. And it’s long which I really like! Performances were superb, really looking forward to the next one as I decided to give this series a try because of one of the narrators who is my absolute favourite and she is starting in next one. It’s going to be a bit confusing that the narrators change between books but seems like all of them will be very good :)
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-07-24
incredible fantasy
So many excellent twists, but you really need to stay on top of family trees, allegiances, and myriad fantasy names and titles.
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