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Dragonfly Falling
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 2
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
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Dragonfly Falling is the second book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time.
Every hero must be tested....
The Wasp Empire’s armies are on the move – and the city of Tark will be first to feel their might. Salma and Totho prepare for battle, alongside their Ant-kinden brethren. And within Tark’s walls, they’ll face a force greater than any Lowlander has ever seen. Stenwold Maker predicted this threat, and the Empire's secret service now deems him too dangerous to live. So he’s to be eliminated, and his beloved city of Collegium destroyed. For if this centre of learning is lost, it will crush Lowland resistance.
As the Empire's troops continue their relentless advance, their young Emperor pursues another, even darker goal. And his success would trigger a reign of blood lasting a thousand years.
Dragonfly Falling is followed by the third book in the Shadows of the Apt series, Blood of the Mantis.
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- Daniel jobling
- 15-06-21
fantastic
Ben Allen reads this perfectly the story flows through him at ease and the characters are easy to differentiate
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- Stephen Upton
- 03-06-22
Amazing
The narrator makes these stories into something
Utterly compelling. An absolute engagingly wonderful story to listen to
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- Sk3lnonch
- 02-01-21
Great story
Loved these books when I read them first. Fantastic to know listen to them as well.
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- Forbes
- 29-09-23
Better than the first
I enjoyed this much more; probably because I didn’t have to adjust to the “world building” necessitated by Book 1. Also, there is not as much duelling as the first although there is still quite a bit. Saying that, there is a lot of pitched battles but war is the setting. Really good character development, intriguing plots, fascinating new characters (Evil Artificer especially) and altogether a gripping story. The author really nailed this one so I’m so glad I stuck with this series after Book 1. Now on Book 3 as I must know what happens next. Last but not least, sensational narrator. It makes or breaks an audiobook and should never be taken for granted.
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- A young man
- 21-04-22
Cluttered with characters...but good.
At this point I feel like there are just way to many characters. The cast from the first book are splitting up more and shaping up into new groups of their own. You don't really have a main character, you just jump between the different groups of the main cast. So it gets cluttered, and the whole suffers.
The book just don't have enough time to keep up with them all, so quite often you get summaries of what happened or of what someone did instead of following along as it unfolds. So you feel like it's told at you, instead of you following along.
For some, this might be a positive. As it keeps the momentum going at a fairly fast pace..but I felt the lack of breathing room and time to connect with the characters.
I would still recommend it for fans of the first. There are more issues with this book, but the exploration of the world, it's history and society is still very fun. So overall I enjoyed it, and will probably read the next at some point.
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- Jacey
- 18-03-24
dragonfly that fell
very good story, brilliant 2nd book of the apt series. cannot wait to start the 3rd
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- Thomas
- 09-07-21
Ups the ante from the original
I read the first one which was pretty good but I feel like the second is much better thanks to a greater sense of scale both in the sense of the wasp invasion but also thanks to the book sowing us more of the other insect kinden and their intriguing societies. Excellently narrated, by the way.
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- RL
- 28-10-21
Amazing
Ben Allen does a phenomenal job narrating this series. This book is excellent and improves on the first entry!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-01-23
Banging!
Love the spin of being insects and and there habits, great battle scenes. All in all love it
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- AllOneWord
- 06-08-21
really solid fantasy
this is not perhaps as good as the first one but it is a great and engaging read - involving us in more of the great and imaginative setting and Kinden's. In my view the only things that let it down where some very weak love interests that I wont spoil. overall though this is a very good book and well worth reading.
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