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Godblind (The Godblind Trilogy, Book 1)

By: Anna Stephens
Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw
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Fantasy’s most anticipated debut of the year.

There was a time when the Red Gods ruled the land. The Dark Lady and her horde dealt in death and blood and fire.

That time has long since passed and the neighbouring kingdoms of Mireces and Rilpor hold an uneasy truce. The only blood spilled is confined to the border where vigilantes known as Wolves protect their kin and territory at any cost.

But after the death of his wife, King Rastoth is plagued by grief, leaving the kingdom of Rilpor vulnerable.

Vulnerable to the blood-thirsty greed of the Warrior-King Liris and the Mireces army waiting in the mountains…

GODBLIND is an incredible debut from a dazzling new voice of the genre.

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Critic reviews

‘Anna Stephens’ debut writes her name in blood on the roster of masters of grimdark alongside the likes of Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie.’
B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

‘Anna Stephens is easily one of the most exciting début fantasy authors of 2017 … 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. GODBLIND is a triumph of its genre.’
Starburst

‘Has all the signs of being a sensational series’
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Fast paced, quite a few POV, all of which I enjoyed. Narrator took a couple of chapters to get used to but then really enjoyed her. Speeded up to my usual 1. 15 though.
Looking forward to the next book, hope it's not a long wait.

Loved it.

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Fantastic narration of this debut novel. The narrator did an excellent job on a wife range of characters, giving each a distinct tone and speech pattern.

Fantastic narration

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the outline of the story is great but the prose feels like the author would rather write a screenplay. The characters lack dimension and the overly fast pace and the time jumps mean we never really get to know them or build any kind of connection with them. By the end of the book I was so disconnected that I didn't care what happened to any of them.

feels like an attempt to get a movie deal

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I liked that the story had god's in it, but would have liked the religions fleshed out more. Good strong female characters and pacing was excellent.

Good characters and an interesting premise.

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This first book is promising to be the start of an amazingly good, Grimdark trilogy.

Brutal

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