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  • The Skull Throne

  • The Demon Cycle, Book 4
  • By: Peter V. Brett
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (478 ratings)

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The Skull Throne

By: Peter V. Brett
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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The explosive fourth book in The Demon Cycle series: The Skull Throne is written by Sunday Times best-selling author Peter V. Brett and narrated by Colin Mace in this complete and unabridged audiobook. Devotees of this series will not be disappointed and Mace’s performance is phenomenally engrossing. Powerful new characters and feared new worlds are introduced. Demons, dark magic and unified armies– all are battling for the glory and power of a seat at the Skull Throne. The demon army grows ever-stronger and the war against their rise must begin.

Publisher's Summary

In the grand tradition of George R.R. Martin and Robert Jordan, Sunday Times best-selling author Peter V. Brett continues his critically acclaimed Demon Cycle with the next dramatic instalment: The Skull Throne.

The Skull Throne of Krasia stands empty. Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honour and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all.

But Arlen Bales, the Painted Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honour refuse. Rather than risk defeat, Arlen cast them both from a precipice, leaving the world without a saviour and opening a struggle for succession that threatens to tear the Free Cities of Thesa apart.

In the south, Inevera, Jardir's first wife, must find a way to keep their sons from killing one another and plunging their people into civil war as they strive for enough glory to make a claim on the throne. In the north, Leesha Paper and Rojer Inn struggle to forge an alliance between the duchies of Angiers and Miln against the Krasians before it is too late.

Caught in the crossfire is the duchy of Lakton - rich and unprotected, ripe for conquest. All the while the corelings have been growing stronger, and without Arlen and Jardir there may be none strong enough to stop them.

Only Renna Bales may know more about the fate of the missing men, but she, too, has disappeared....

©2015 Peter V Brett (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Critic Reviews

Praise for The Demon Cycle:
"Peter V. Brett is one of my favourite new authors." (Patrick Rothfuss)
"I enjoyed The Painted Man immensely. There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way." (Terry Brooks)
"The Painted Man works not only as a great adventure novel but also as a reflection on the nature of heroism.' (Charlaine Harris)
"[Peter V. Brett is] at the top of his game. I give this my highest recommendation." (Tor.com) "[Brett] confirms his place among epic fantasy's pantheon of greats amid the likes of George R.R. Martin, Steven Erikson, and Robert Jordan." (Fantasy Book Critic)
"The most significant and cinematic fantasy epic since The Lord of the Rings. Inspired, compelling, and totally addictive!" (Director Paul W. S. Anderson)

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Amazing

The only negative is this has ruined other books for me, without spoiling anything just damn.

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Story wallows

Story felt slow and uneventful thought this book. I'm not sure if it's suited to audio? I loved reading the first book myself so maybe that's the problem? Great narration though & I will keep going as I love the demon underworld aspect and keen to know how it ends!

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So good

My only wish is that it was longer. 25h just ain't enough . Sometimes it was tricky to keep up with all characters but it didn't affect the overall experience as the story moves along nicely anyway.

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Unfinished

My online copy is dreadful only has 34 chapters I cross checked with my hard copy it’s missing at least 50 pages
Audible is a joke and should be blacklisted what a waste of money

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Okay book

The book had few interesting parts to it but it was boring and hard to follow compare to the other books in the series. The narrator was awesome as always.

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Went so far and yet could not finish.

Repetitive predictability and rampant boredom extending from that consistently dreary delivery.

Maybe it was the narrator making it worse, I'm not sure. I won't be attempting to try this series or author again though.

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I was engulfed

you wait till the last hour. holy crap. So action and suspense it makes you just stare at the wall visualizing

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loved it, 5 stars for narrator, author

I should have listened to the last book, I had forgotten some of the characters

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I liked it!

What can I say. I have purchased all four books so more fool me if I didn't like it. I use audio books as white noise while I'm working, however, I found myself listening intently and even wondering about all the characters when I wasn't listening to this book. I have read a couple of reviews that complained of too many sex scenes but the only reason I noticed them was due to those reviews I had read. Others complained about a couple of characters but I would say there are always characters that people love to hate.

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Narrator is best in this series so far

Loved it, only disappointment is it's going a little GOT. I wish Colin Mace narrated all the earlier books, he was easy to listen to and nailed the accents

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