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The Bitter Twins

The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, Book 2

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The Bitter Twins

By: Jen Williams
Narrated by: Jot Davies
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From Jen Williams, highlyacclaimed author of the Copper Cat trilogy and three-time British Fantasy Award finalist, comes the second novel in the electrifying Winnowing Flame trilogy - the sequel to The Ninth Rain. Epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The Ninth Rain has fallen. The Jure'lia are awake. Nothing can be the same again.

Tormalin the Oathless and the fell-witch Noon have their work cut out rallying the first war-beasts to be born in Ebora for three centuries. But these are not the great winged warriors of old. Hatched too soon and with no memory of their past incarnations, these onetime defenders of Sarn can barely stop bickering, let alone face an ancient enemy who grow stronger each day.

The key to uniting them, according to the scholar Vintage, may lie in a part of Sarn no one really believes exists - a distant island, mysteriously connected to the fate of two legendary Eborans who disappeared long ago. But finding it will mean a perilous journey in a time of war, while new monsters lie in wait for those left behind.

Join the heroes of The Ninth Rain as they battle a terrible evil, the likes of which Sarn has never known.

©2018 Jennifer Williams (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Limited Classics Fantasy Fiction War

Critic Reviews

"Fantasy adventure at its very best." (Starburst)

"Williams excels at eldritch world-building." (The Guardian)

"An absolute joy to read...jam-packed with breath-taking inventiveness." (James Oswald)
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This book is really wonderful, and somewhat of a hidden gem as I feel it just doesn’t get the attention it deserves. A great narrator too, absolutely wonderful.

Wonderful

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I love this fantasy series. The characters are wonderful, you really care about them, world building is great. And the narrator, Jot Davies is fabulous. Highly recommended.

Superior fantasy

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WOW - still love this series- fantastic world, great characters, funny, with a great story and twists and turns and adventure. There are flying big cats too!

Big flying cats

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Unique story line but hero’s do stupid things in climatic fighting that is very frustrating

Great story n narration

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Such a fantastic fantasy story and fascinating revelations. I am looking forward for the next one. I found at times the very expressive narrator was very loud it might have been the audio at some points but I did find myself turning down the volume with some of the anguished voices.

Love the story

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Great story. Great narration, but the audio levels are so aggravating. One minute it’s super loud and the next I can barely hear it. I ended up listening to it via my headphones while driving so I could hear the whisper parts

The audio levels are really frustrating!

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