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Bloodchild
- Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Length: 18 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Rilporin has fallen and Corvus, King of the Mireces, reigns over an occupied land. The raiders and their dark religion have conquered, but victory came at a terrible price – the death of a god – and sparks of resistance glimmer on all sides.
In the south, Mace gathers the survivors of Rilpor’s armies. Among the fierce tribes of Krike, Crys and Dom search for allies and for the truth of what binds them to the Gods of Light. And in the royal palace itself, Tara – once a soldier, now a slave – hopes to ignite a rebellion.
But time is against them. A child will soon be born with the power to return the Dark Lady from death, and the long-prophesied final battle for the future of Rilpor and Mireces, of humans and gods, is near.
Critic reviews
’If you’re a fan of the likes of Joe Abercrombie or George R.R. Martin, then you’ll be pleased to learn that Anna Stephens has joined this august pantheon of lovingly horrible and deliciously dark writers’ (STARBURST)
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- Angry Cumbrian
- 19-09-19
A brutal rollercoaster of rich imagery
4.5*
Rich with imagery and being the conclusion of the trilogy the strings weaved and wove together neater than the proceeding books.
It’s hard to pick a favourite character as Tara and Rill were outstanding and well worth their page time and enduring their misery with almost as much endurance as the characters in punchy driven writing.
As a reader I had a few niggles with book one where a great story felt patchy in places and any quibbles with prose were hammered down into a squidgy mess. I was also a tad cynical of Ash/Cry’s relationship with it being abrupt in book one. It feels like more work has gone into it and turning it into one of the cores for the conclusion was very clever in tone and character development and more impressive for it with gripping tension in wave after wave.
Not quite perfect. While Mace was forced to push and adapt, Corvus seemed to stand around for a fair portion of the book and see things crumble. I get he is exposed and overextended himself, but once he achieved his goal he seemed to switch off in an overly flawed way. Shenanigans aside, he felt a tad too much of a star wars villain, than a driven and brutal warlord.
A nice touch at the end in a not dissimilar way to Black Company and WOT and ended a classy listening experience that is a firm recommendation to any fantasy reader or listener.
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- JPA
- 29-09-19
Eeerrrrrmmmmmmeeeerrrrrrgggggeeeerrrrrdddd!
Fantastically, fantastical grimdark and satisfying finale to a fabulous fantast trilogy of action, intrigue and gritty realism.
Characters relationships develop even more and the build up to the final battle between women, men and gods concludes with an exciting and vicious whirlwind of action and emotion.
I've been drinking red wine, which may inhibit my review writing skills, but DAYM this trilogy does indeed rock my socks.
Anna rules! So do the characters of Bloodchild.
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- Hannah Gilpin
- 02-02-23
ahhhhh!
such a good book and the narration is great too! and that ending. omg <3
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- J. Hunter
- 14-09-19
fabulous, heartbreaking finale
the whole trilogy is amazing, I love Anna's characters, and the shit she puts them through!
The narration is excellent.
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