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Prince of Thorns: Broken Empire 1
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night.
All that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse. From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve him a future with all hands turned against him. Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.
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- Paul
- 08-01-2023
Cool concept but that kid is a prick
I definitely liked parts of it and I thought it was a very cool concept but that protagonist is impossible to like. I wanted to headbutt him throughout the book - and yeah you could argue that he needed to be but... yeah - headbutt.
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- Jeremy Fantastic
- 14-03-2024
Your mum
Great story telling. I’ve been looking for a fantasy series to take my fancy away from WoT. This has served nicely.
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- Jennifer
- 28-09-2018
A gory tale
Prepare for gore, magic and evil doings in this tale of revenge through intellectual strategy and might.
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- Miriam Verbeek
- 01-07-2020
A well-written but grizzly story
I kept hoping there would be some redeeming feature to our hero but it was an ongoing chamber of horrors. Steven king eat your heart out. If you are not bothered by homage to blood an gore and the basest instincts of man, this is your story. That aside, I have to complement the author on his skill in story telling . Well crafted and the narration is excellent.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-2018
ok
not to bad a listen. could of been better. not to sure about the narrator.
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- Robert
- 28-09-2023
Hated the main character
I struggled to get through this book because I wanted to punch the main character in the face.
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- laef
- 02-09-2018
younger audience
I'm 25 and felt the target audience was younger then I am. not bad though.
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- Björn Lundvall
- 13-03-2018
A bit too much sometimes, but overall a good book.
When I started it I felt like it went a bit far, very graphic and describing. But after the second half of the book it started to make somewhat sense. It adds to the story and paints a good picture.
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- tim
- 12-07-2022
Only the 5th time listening to this book
We’ll written with surprising turns. Great characters that are brought to life with great descriptions. The story starts dark and selfish with a young boy you can listen to him grow and mature with the burden that growing up brings.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-07-2022
Unique through and through
Took a while to get into the narrator, worth it for the awesome story!
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