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  • Gilded Chain

  • A Tale of the King's Blades, Book 1
  • By: Dave Duncan
  • Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
  • Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
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Gilded Chain

By: Dave Duncan
Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
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As unwanted and rebellious boys, they find refuge in Ironhall.... Years later, they emerge as the finest swordsmen in the realm - a magical ritual of a sword through the heart binds each to his ward - if not the king himself, then to whomever else the monarch designates - with absolute loyalty.

And the greatest Blade of them all was - and is - Sir Durendal.

But a lifelong dream of protecting his beloved liege from enemies, traitors, and monsters is dashed to bits when Durendal is bonded till death to an effete noble fop at his king's orders. Yet destiny has many strange and inscrutable plans for the young knight - for a mission, a contest, and, perhaps, a treasure await him in a faraway land. But he soon finds himself enmeshed in treason and foul intrigues, compelled to betray the king he had hoped to serve.

The Blades have ways to protect their own, but death and madness haunt the path to salvation - and few ever return unscathed.
©1999, 2019 Katanji Arts Inc. (P)2019 Katanji Arts Inc.
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Fun and imaginative

I’ve always liked these stories and this was a really fun listen.
The narrator should drop the accent, though. Or get an actual ascot to do the narration.

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