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Discord's Apple
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Luke Daniels
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
When Evie Walker goes home to spend time with her dying father, she discovers that his creaky old house in Hope’s Fort, Colorado, is not the only legacy she will inherit. Hidden behind the basement door is a secret and magical storeroom, a place where wondrous treasures from myth and legend are kept safe until they are needed again.
Of course, this legacy is not without its costs: There are those who will give anything to find a way in.
With the help of her father, a mysterious stranger named Alex, and some unexpected heroes, Evie must guard the storeroom against ancient and malicious forces, and protect both the past and the future even as the present unravels. Old heroes and notorious villains alike rise to fight on her side or to do their best to bring about her defeat.
At stake is the fate of the world and the prevention of nothing less than the apocalypse.
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- Zander Nyrond
- 02-02-19
Very enjoyable!
There have been many works of fiction built around the concept of a repository of magical artefacts. In this novel, Ms Vaughn combines this idea with a refreshingly new and irreverent take on Greek mythology. Her characters live and breathe, and the plot holds together at every joint. I found the story-within-a-story, the comic that the protagonist is trying to write as the world collapses around her, almost as interesting as the main story, and I would have liked to know how it ended (in the sense in which stories in a comic can ever end).
But it was the ending that most endeared me to the book. Most stories in this vein end with the world being reset to its previous state; order is restored, the villains defeated, good triumphs. Ms Vaughn's conclusion is nowhere near so morally clear-cut; the villains, in fact, achieve their intention. But are they truly all villains? Some of them are quite definitely of evil intent, and they do terrible things to achieve their ends; but then, so do many heroes, including the ones in Evie Walker's comic. The book closes with Evie and her companion Alex alone in a world remade, no longer collapsing, true, but different--for better and for worse--from the world they have known. I do not know whether Ms Vaughn plans a sequel, but I would be very interested to see more of that new world through Evie's eyes.
I enjoyed this book very much and would recommend it strongly, and will look forward to other work by Ms Vaughn.
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- Pauline Stubbs
- 22-02-23
Love it
Listened to this book a few times and enjoy listening every time. Book was well written and the narrator is lovely
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- Nadia
- 31-07-10
Discord's Apple
I was intrigued by the title of this book, not having a clue what it meant. Having read it, I'm pleased to say it all makes sense. If you're someone who has both an interest in Arthurian legend and Greek mythology and have always wished for a book that combines all your favourite heros, this is perfect. Discord's Apple tells the story of Evie, the keeper of a store room in which all the magical objects from myth and legend are kept, and Alex, a Trogian Warrier living under a curse of imortality. Naturally there are unsavery characters after the store room's contents and it falls to a select band of heros to try and stop them. This book was well written; Alex's story is especially moving. The characters are believable, and the story is unpredictable right up to the end. However, there is a part of the story which isn't sattisfactorally explained, at least not for me. Also, the ending feels incomplete, as if there's more to come, and I can't find any evidence that there will be a book two. Definitely worth a listen though.
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- Way&Jo
- 29-09-19
Unsatisfactory
I was intrigued by the books’s premise, so stuck with it, despite the first couple of hours being confusing rather than interesting. It then started to get interesting so I continued to stick with it - then it stopped being interesting again. I should’ve quit there, but having invested so much time thus far, decided I should - you guessed it - stick with it, in the hope of a satisfactory conclusion. Didn’t happen. Some good ideas, yes, but the narrative never seemed to bring them together cohesively. I’m sorry, but for me this was a waste of good reading time. The female narrator was excellent, however, the saving grace.
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