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The Thief Taker
- By: C. S. Quinn
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When a girl is gruesomely murdered, thief taker Charlie Tuesday reluctantly agrees to take on the case. But the horrific remains tell him this is no isolated death. The killer’s mad appetites are part of a master plan that could destroy London – and reveal the dark secrets of Charlie’s own past. Now the thief taker must find this murderous mastermind before the plague obliterates the evidence street by street. This terrifying pursuit will take Charlie deep into the black underbelly of old London, where alchemy, witchcraft and blood-spells collide. In a city drowned in darkness, death could be the most powerful magic of all.
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Definitely recommend.
- By A on 09-01-2017
- The Thief Taker
- By: C. S. Quinn
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
Unexpectedly grim and gory
Reviewed: 27-05-2019
I was hoping for something in the CJ Sansom vein here, but was sadly disappointed. The protagonist is pretty dull and thinly drawn and the mystery isn't very engaging either. I also wasn't expecting just how gory and, well, disgusting it would be. If extensive descriptions of plague victims begging to be put of their misery and piles of rotting corpses are you thing, then I guess this book is for you, but it wasn't what I was after. The London setting was probably then best thing about the book, but even that wasn't particularly detailed or evocative. Maybe the later books improve, but honestly I don't think I can bear to find out.
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Uprooted
- By: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
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A dark enchantment blights the land. Agnieszka loves her village, set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a shadow over her home. Many have been lost to the Wood, and none returns unchanged. The villagers depend on an ageless wizard, the Dragon, to protect them from the forest's dark magic. However, his help comes at a terrible price. One young village woman must serve him for 10 years, leaving all she values behind.
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Well written folklore fantasy
- By emmoff on 17-11-2016
- Uprooted
- By: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
Deeply engaging stand-alone fantasy
Reviewed: 04-11-2016
Lovely story, with a fascinating and very sinister baddie in the form of an entire evil forest! Feels like a Russian fairytale (as it is meant to) and the pace is brisk and exciting. A real pleasure.
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Age of Iron
- Iron Age Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Angus Watson
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
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Legends aren't born. They're forged. Dug Sealskinner is a down-on-his-luck mercenary travelling south to join up with King Zadar's army. But he keeps rescuing the wrong people. First, Spring, a child he finds scavenging on the battlefield, and then Lowa, one of Zadar's most fearsome warriors, who's vowed revenge on the king for her sister's execution. Now Dug's on the wrong side of that thousands-strong army he hoped to join - and worse, Zadar has bloodthirsty druid magic on his side.
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Clever, imaginative and fascinating, if sometimes a bit too gory
- By Zora on 08-06-2015
- Age of Iron
- Iron Age Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Angus Watson
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
Clever, imaginative and fascinating, if sometimes a bit too gory
Reviewed: 08-06-2015
Great book, and terrifically well-realized characters. Also quite funny in places which I greatly appreciated, but some of the violence is hard to listen to, particularly the various forms of torture described in great detail.
3 people found this helpful