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Guns of the Dawn
- Narrated by: Emma Newman
- Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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Beautiful and Reflective
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Summary
Short-listed for the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel.
Guns of the Dawn is a pacey, gripping fantasy of war and magic from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.
The first casualty of war is truth....
First, Denland's revolutionaries assassinated their king, launching a wave of bloodshed after generations of peace. Next they clashed with Lascanne, their royalist neighbour, pitching war machines against warlocks in a fiercely fought conflict.
Genteel Emily Marshwic watched as the hostilities stole her family's young men. But then came the call for yet more Lascanne soldiers in a ravaged kingdom with none left to give. Emily must join the ranks of conscripted women and march towards the front lines.
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- Martin T
- 20-01-19
Slow burner
This book is really good. However two things, one it takes ages for the book to actually kick off, reckon half way through is when it got really interesting. Performance was not the best choice in my opinion.
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- Ravus
- 19-12-18
Utterly phenomenal
My book of the year (that I read this year obviously). Great setting, characters and narration, pretty much flawless.
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- AReader
- 12-11-17
Not for me
I really enjoyed this as a printed book, but I disliked the voice of the narrator of this audio more and more as I continued. I just didn't think it matched the material at all. Others may disagree, I suppose. I will return this.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-12-20
Long and underwhelming
I have listened to dogs of war which I liked and children of time which I thought was alright. This one is much worse the storyline is indifferent and unnecessarily protracted. The voice of the narrator is grating which makes the main character unlikeable. I bought as a deal otherwise I wouldn't be happy
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- Terry
- 04-11-19
slow and steady
Didnt enjoy it as much as I'd hoped... disappointed by storyline as took far too long to get going and felt like the ending was drawn out unnecessarily across 4hrs.
thankfully the authors style does improved as I've listened to 4 of his previous works and had been very impressed.
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- yasmin
- 27-10-18
Great all round
Great narration and riveting story! As with other books of his Adrian keeps you hanging on for more
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- Rogayah
- 16-10-18
Against great odds
War and battles, politics, ambition and the twists and turns of fate. This is an excellent, engrossing story, but it took a good many tries for me to get used to the narrator whose voice I found dull at first. I can’ remember when this tale that bats between the past and the present became so absorbing that I overlooked her telling of the tale and found it more lively and enjoyed the story.
A good story, but not an easy one to get into without perseverance.
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- Rob Kendal
- 05-06-18
A brilliant book but not what I was expecting
I loved this book in the end, but it's less fantasy and more pride and prejudice with a couple of warlocks here and there. nonetheless, a great epic, well told.
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- MR J M ATKINSON
- 31-03-18
Fantastic both author and narrator
Initially didn't enjoy the narrator but totally changed my mind within a few chapters. Her readings of the more grafic scenes were particularly skilled. Highly recommend
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- Breakfast
- 16-03-18
Excellent story
This is a tremendous book- young regency ladies drawn into a terrible and brutal war, well drawn and memorable characters and a very strong, thoughtful, story. The reading isn't great but it is good enough to let the story carry you. Well worth your time.
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- M. McCormick
- 27-01-18
Stand alone book
I truly wish more authors would follow Mr. Tghaikovsky’s lead and write strand alone books that did not end with some minor character development left open: which is a sure hint of a future book. This is not YA, not gory, not dark, not full of offensive language or warped minds and deeds. This is an easy listen with interesting character that wraps up nicely in the end. I do not need a continued story for Emily, I need more great stories like this.
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- AmazonCustomer
- 16-07-18
Takes forever to get interesting, but finally does
The book overall is decent. However the first 2-3 hours seem to drag forever. If i weren't on a long road trip and no other books to listen to, I probably would not have made it through. I am rather glad I did, because after they go off to war the book begins to pick up pace and in character development. I liked the way it ended, even if it was pretty clear that was the way it would. It surely wasn't the "shocker" that other reviewers have said it was. overall, I'd say its worth a listen if youre willing to drag through the beginning.
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- david
- 10-05-18
Pride and Prejudice without the good characters
Short version is this is a period romance, not a war story or fantasy. The performance was outstanding. The writing felt like he took the characters from Pride and Prejudice, got rid of the father and the mother and Mr.Darcy, and tried to drop them into another setting. He even included the clueless little sister who runs of with a brigand and has to be rescued. Mix in some Dickensian villains and now you know what you are getting.
The story was good and PG. while the idea was interesting it felt cliche.
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- Robin
- 30-03-18
Beautiful writing but too harrowing for me
This book probably deserves five stars. It’s beautifully written, and the characters and plot are complex and well-developed. But the book is absolutely devoid of any humor or levity. I found it terribly depressing, complete with echoes of WWII-style genocide. And the main character became a little too unbelievable in the end. I prefer books with at least a ray of sunshine and some wry humor, so while I appreciated the quality, in the end it just left me depressed.
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- Joshua
- 30-03-18
Solid, Original and Riveting
This is a solid 3 1/2 stars rounded up, military style fantasy novel that is very character focused. My second standalone novel from the author, this is another solid book that demonstrates a strong understanding of character.
Guns of the Dawn demonstrates the horror of war for the sake of a ruler or a nation’s pride, and how often misinformation controls the conflict and how a misled people can fanatically follow a cause simply out of sheer willful belief. It strongly demonstrates the evil that one person can cause when an entire people follow them blindly, and the injustice that can come from such a following.
The main characters felt very real and fleshed out, and the author did a great job of depicting the female POV in my opinion, making the main character a warrior without losing their femininity. The ending is definitely not your typical heroic fantasy fare, yet feels very satisfying.
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- J. Hoffman
- 12-07-18
Period Drama with some non standard roles
I dont like period dramas, but it was well written and told. I am both glad and irritated that i didn't know what it was beforehand. I'd have never picked it up had I known. But I did enjoy it overall. If you like your books filled with pompous sounding properly titled names, problems like propriety, hopelessly confused but strong women, and a war to strain them and theirs; it's a great book. If that sounds less than appealing it's still a great book but may get boring in spots.
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- SKP
- 29-05-18
Great World Building, So-So Story
I recently read Children of Time, and it blew my mind — one of my favorite books in a long while. I loved it so much I decided to check out Tchaikovsky’s other works. This one had pretty good reviews so I gave it a whirl. And… sigh.
Here’s what was great:
The narrator. Good performance, food character voices without being annoying, lovely diction.
World building. Super detailed and rich, in the civilized places (estates and towns and such) and especially in the not-so-civilized ones (lookin at you, swamps).
What I didn’t love:
The love story / stories. Found them predictable and boring.
The beginning and end — basically all the non-war parts — I found draggy and tedious. I had no interest in the main character’s family (in fact I found both sisters to be quite annoying) and also had a hard time caring about her backstory.
At the end of the day, the gender stereotypes and goo-goo-ga-ga king worship rubbed me the wrong way, and I couldn’t get past it. That’s what I loved about Children of Time — pure sci-fi, gender issues either taking a back seat or turned on their heads.
I will say this though — throughout this story I could see the seeds of what became Children of Time. Pretty cool.
I recommend this if you like cool battles, solid world building, and early military strategy. If you’re looking for fantasy, this isn’t really that (although there are some wizards). I don’t regret listening to this, but I’m not telling all my friends about it either.
Happy reading!
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- Katrine
- 07-02-18
Good story, not quite as good performance
The narrator has few different voices/dialects to choose from making it some times difficult to recognise who is talking.
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- Princejvstin
- 31-12-17
excellent story wonderfully narrated
excellent story and a narrator who knows and loves that story made this an aural pleasure and a fine fantasy offering
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- Tina
- 23-11-17
A Rare Gem!
Anyone that says this novel isn't good and that its not worth reading has no idea what good storytelling is, this author does such an amazing job that from the very beginning I was mesmerized and stayed that way throughout. The details of the war, the way people acted and reacted was what I can only imagine war would feel like, I felt that I was there on the battlefield with them, watching the carnage first hand. It Was a beautiful heartfelt story, with plenty of action, and bloodshed, it was an all around great read and I'm so glad that I gave it a chance. The Only thing I felt was lacking was the love story part, I felt the ending on that front could have been so much more but in another aspect maybe not. The Narrator was amazing, and done a wonderful job so all around it is so much worth your time and credit. Give It a chance you won't be disappointed!!!
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