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Eight Kings
- The King's Watch, Book 6
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Summary
The king is dead. Long live the king.
The Mage-King of Wessex has passed away, and the stage is set for a battle royal: the richest mage in England versus the most powerful coven of witches. And Conrad finds himself in the middle.
The struggle is a civilized one at first - Lord Mowbray and the Daughters of the Goddess meet for a conference in Mowbray’s Mage Palace of Pellacombe, with Conrad, Mina, and Saffron sent to see fair play. Until first tragedy and then murder plunge the staff kingdom of Wessex into a dangerous crisis, and Conrad has to draw on all his team’s powers and his own experience to avoid a bloodbath.
The sixth installment of Mark Hayden’s The King’s Watch is a deep study of power at the sharp end, where families and clans are stretched beyond breaking point in the brutal world of magick.
Grab yourself a copy of Eight Kings, and immerse yourself in the addictive world of the King’s Watch.
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- Kindle Customer
- 24-01-22
fantastic story
so far I've read this book twice, now listened to it - I hear more of the plot every time, its so complex. when is the next one coming out.
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- Amabel Thornton
- 16-02-22
Excellent voice work on a great book
I adore the King's Watch series and was looking forward to this one coming out on Audible so that I could listen to the book after reading it a couple of times previously.
Ciaran does an excellent job of brining all the characters to life with their own distinct voices. Quite how he manages to slip from one to another when narrating a conversation is a mystery to me!
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- FantasyFan
- 09-09-23
Things get complicated
I am taking a break from this series after this book, I really enjoy them but this particular book was a real chore to get through if I am honest, There are simply too many characters with too many agendas, which I guess is the point of the story. However, I found I lost track of who was who, who was on which side and what the actual point of the mission was. Also didn’t actually care about any of them!
The main character’s fawning relationship with Mina is tiresome, you would think he was a 15 year old boy and she is becoming one of those irritating characters who I honestly hope gets killed off!
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- W. Quinn
- 27-01-22
A little confusing but still enjoyable
I liked the book on the whole, the characters remain engaging and the world interesting.
That said the shifting POV towards the later sections is a touch clunky, and I do think characters relaying info to Conrad would be better in the whole.
The conclusion feels a little unsatisfactory, not so much in what it’s setting up which seems fine, but in the fates of certain characters.
The weakest of the books so far, but still sufficient to keep me listening out for the next.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-07-23
love every book in this series!
I enjoyed this book and the other books in the series. The narrator is also very good, I am looking forward to the next.
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- Carole Stone
- 29-01-22
Wonderful
This series is probably my favourite set of books so well written and thoroughly entertaining. The narrator is first class really making the characters come to life fabulous
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- Samantha Hadwin
- 11-09-23
Eight Kings
Brilliantly done I have read the first to this book and I am really looking forward to the next!!!
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- carolb
- 24-03-22
I loved the first five books but..
I've forced myself to listen to over 6 hours of this as I enjoyed the first five books, I'm still waiting for something of note to happen. There is a massive cast of characters, keeping track of who was who and how they related to each other began to feel like research for a history assignment. We have swapped Vicky and Hannah for Saffron (insipid rich girl) and Mina (ugh!) and magical adventures for political conferences - dull, dull, dull. Maybe something would have happened if I continued listening but I found I no longer cared
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- W.L.
- 13-02-22
The least, of a very good series.
Mark Hayden has created an innovative and engaging magic series that I have thoroughly enjoyed. They are very well read by Ciaran Saward and I would recommend them.
My one reserve stands particularly strong with this story. Up to this point the stories have been quite direct and compact; easy to follow and very engaging. This one appears to have a complicated cast of many, many characters that will have you wishing you had started the series again from the beginning to keep up with who’s who.
Sadly to top this, the main characters fiancé ’Mina’, is one of the most self obsessed, obnoxious characters I’ve ever had to listen to and she starts to take a greater part in this novel. So be warned!
The narrative wanders a little aimlessly in this story unlike the previous tales but does get there in the end. More of a political thriller than an adventure story, but very well observed. Hopefully we’ll get back into the action (without Mina) in the next novel!
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