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Knight's Shadow

By: Sebastien de Castell
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
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Summary

The Greatcoats have found the heir to the throne...but now they must keep her alive, against all the odds.

Falcio Val Mond has completed the final task given to him by the late King Paelis: he has found the King's Charoites (well, one at least). But his task isn't over, and now he, Kest and Brasti must protect the girl from those who want her dead.

That would be simple enough, if it weren't for the renegade Knights and legendary Dashini assassins getting in their way - not to mention the Dukes, who are desperate to hold on to their power at any cost; Trin, the merciless daughter of the ruthless Duke of Rijou; and the cruel Duchess of Hervor, who is determined to be Queen of Tristia.

Of course, the fact that the heir to the throne is 13 years old doesn't help, nor the fact that every day brings Falcio closer to dying from the poison running through his veins. And then there is the Greatcoat's Lament....

©2015 Sebastien de Castell (P)2017 Quercus Editions Limited

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Really thoroughly appreciating this series, everything about it, story, characters, performance, including the swearing. The swearing makes it real.

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Great sequel to a good first book.

Well written and performed great characters and a big story. I really enjoyed this audio book.

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Graphic gang rape scene :/

Included in this book is a very graphic gang rape scene which I found highly distressing. This review is to warn others off.

it goes into an extreme amount of detail including chopping off limbs in order to stop the woman from resisting the rape.

I am disgusted that content like this was allowed into the book and yet never made it to adult only reading.

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Very good second book, but some parts laboured!

Overall this is a very good second book. Builds on the story in the first book, but some parts felt laboured and long winded, and I found myself saying 'for goodness sake get on with it' on more than one occasion. Not a complete spoiler but irritating. Then again there were other parts that were gripping and full of action, really tense and full of twists and turns. Narrator is excellent, so many accents and different voices delivered expertly, so much so that you believe each character exists. In summary well worth a listen.

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Great story

i have already bought the whole series. grest narrator good story keeps me sane living in a different era...and firgetting am in lockdown...

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Rollicking adventure…

Thoroughly entertaining. Action-packed and irreverent with a cast of heroes, villains and not-so-saintly characters. Great follow-up to Traitor’s Blade. The narrator is as accomplished as ever. Can’t wait for more!

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Glad I took a chance

I'm really happy I took a chance on this book series. The story is quite good, even if some of the plot twists are easy to guess at. I'm looking forward to listening to the next book. I would highly recommend anyone to give the series a chance. Also, I really enjoyed the performance. A couple of the characters sound a bit too similar, but great otherwise.

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A Great Story (pun intended)

I really enjoyed this, better than the first and leaves me wanting to listen to the next one to see what happens.
(Author must really hate his MC though for all the suffering the poor guy goes through lol...)

Listen right to the end, it's worth it.

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Great story

Loved this book as much as the first one. Full of characters you love to hate and those you champion . Great for listening to on holiday or whilst cleaning!

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so good, so so good.

so well written and performed. I cant wait for more from this world and its characters.

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