you're sweet, and you're beautiful, and you stood up to those men...why do my motives have to be any more sinister than that?' My mouth dried. 'Someone should do something about him.' 'If you'd like to step up to the job, be my guest.'" [66] YOU'RE RIGHT: HE'S PERFECT. GIVE ME ALL OF HIM, HEART AND SOUL, AND I WILL DO ALL YOU ASK OF ME.*** Something made me take the question seriously. I had the weird, itchy feeling she wasn't really asking me hypothetically. I bit my lip. 'I think I might. I... yes. If I knew what I was getting into. If it was my choice.' Having three storylines told in interwoven patterns provides interesting parallelisms within the plot, structure of the novel, and the characters’ development. It also helped to keep all of the family, historical, geographical, cultural, and theological details straight. While there are a lot of details to remember and piece together, it’s not too overwhelming. Sometimes lots of detail in a novel is difficult to retain when listening to an audiobook. However, Jenn Lyons and her editor did a great job of choosing exactly how to interweave the chapters for Talon’s and Kihrin’s stories (along with Thurvishar’s timely interjections) to provide details and reminders just when you need them.

That’s how I knew Relos Var was a wizard. He wasn’t wearing any obvious talisman, but that aura was terrifying. I’d never seen an imprint so strong before, nor an aura stamped so hard, sharp, and crisp.* Rook dubbed the two men Pretty Boy and Dead Man (Footnote: Far better names than their legal ones, in my opinion), and decided if he never met either of them face-to-face, he might die happy." [4] First, the narrators. Soneela and Vikas are both amazing voice actors with phenomenal range and great tempo and inflections. The one weak link is Feodor. But that his narration is bad, it just isn't as good. He has far less vocal range and when it switched to just him at the end it was a little jarring. What do you mean by “beginning” anyway? Whose beginning? Mine? I don’t remember it that well. Yours? Talon, you’re thousands of years old and have stored the memories of as many people. You’re the one who wanted to hear this. And you will, but under my terms, not yours.Personally, I was used to the slave markets of the Quuros Octagon, with its endless mazes of private chambers and auction theaters. The slave pits in Kishna-Farriga weren’t so elaborate. They used just one open-air stone amphitheater, built next to the famous harbor. At maximum capacity, the rising stone steps seated three thousand people. A slave might arrive by ship, visit the holding cells underneath the amphitheater, and leave with a new owner the same day—all without clearing the smell of dead fish from their nose. Khaemezra, holding both Kihrin's gaesh and the star tears, laments Relos did more than kill Kihrin, and explains that Relos changed S'arric's body, allowing him to feed on energy from others, which lead him to devore each of the Eight. S'arric was still trapped in the body, but imprisoned, Kihrin felt it to be true. He asks who freed him, and Khaemezra reveals it was Elana Milligreest, and adds that both she and Kihrin volunteered to return again to fight once more. Kihrin then questions if Khaemezra had intended to Return Tyentso this whole time, which she admits she did and she admits she does indeed lie. Then Khaemezra moves Kihrin's soul from the hawk medallion to the star tears, and Kihrin asks if she can heal it permanently, causing her to reveal it can only be healed when he dies (which she dares not allow due to the threat of Xaltorath claiming Kihrin's soul). She then quotes a piece of prophecy, revealing its meaning to be what she has just done, before sending Kihrin away. Indeed.' Fond remembrance wrestled with old pain behind the man's eyes. 'We're friends, once.' He examined Kihrin, his expression unreadable." [14]

Tightly plotted . . . its lore and memorable characters will leave epic fantasy fans eager for the second volume."— Publishers Weekly, starred review So because I've never believed in being stupid in halves, I walked down to the beach to see the Old Man." [67] Jarith looked incredulous. 'What idiot would have been foolish enough to jeopardize their entire career by helping a convicted traitor escape justice?'

Jenn Lyons begins the Chorus of Dragons series with The Ruin of Kings , an epic fantasy novel about a man who discovers his fate is tied to the future of an empire. He knew her, knew her even if her appearance had changed with her rebirth, even if she no longer looked like the women who had once saved him from a fate much worse than death. The book then cuts between Kihrin and on going events with others. The others face their own challenges: Teraeth realizes too late Gadrith is using Gates and Tyentso arrives at the Blue Palace to run into Talon, who then fights Teraeth with Teraeth seeming to have stopped her with a stake. Tyentso and Teraeth find the D'Mon's who catch up before finding Kihrin dead. They take Kihrin to the Cathedral of Thaena in hopes Kihrin will be returned. Meanwhile Gadrith has Sandus kill him, switching their souls and Qoran meets up with the others as he comes to ask for Jarith to be Returned. Tyentso, tired of waiting and hearing the news of Gadrith, goes to kill him herself.)

Because' Teraeth said as he walked up behind us, 'nothing is more terrifying than a man who has no fear of Death, and is happy to die to if it means killing you.'" [58]Only one surprised me, but there is good reason for that. In the end, we discover that we never really knew this person. Almost everything we thought we knew was a facade. Jenn Lyons begins the Chorus of Dragons series with The Ruin of Kings, an epic fantasy novel about a man who discovers his fate is tied to the future of an empire. You did!' Kihrin screamed. 'He summons demons and he murders people and he commits treason and you cover it up...And you sit here and feel sorry for yourself, at your great nobility and restrain in dealing with your rabid dog of a son. Well, you know what? You made that rabid dog the way he is...I hope you're proud of your boy,' Kihrin spat. 'As far as I'm concerned, you deserve each other.'" [31] Rook turned his head. 'Hey Barus.' He motioned to one of the blue-dressed guards near him. 'Am I a noble fop's play toy?'

Everything epic fantasy should be: rich, cruel, gorgeous, brilliant, enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it."—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians There are three overlapping worlds, of course, each ruled by one of the Sisters: the world of the living, the world of magic, and the world of the dead.* We live in Taja’s realm, as do all mortals. But I’d learned from a young age that my talent for seeing past the First Veil, into Tya’s magical domain, was a terrific advantage. The teenager stared at [Butterbelly]. Something in that stare made Butterbelly uncomfortable. Something in that stare wasn't natural, wasn't healthy. It made him feel small and petty. Kihrin brandished a strand of his hair. 'Don't you get it? I wouldn't have this hair unless I was related to Pedron's vane mother, the one with the distinctive golden hair.'" [28]In this thunderously good read, prophecy and magic combine in an incredible epic fantasy of imperial politics, gods and demons. The Ruin of Kings is the first book in Jenn Lyons's extraordinary series, A Chorus of Dragons.