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House of Open Wounds

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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From the BSFA Award-Winning Author of City Of Last Chances

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline.

Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit.

Led by 'the Butcher', an ogre of a man who's a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit's motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Their's is an unspeakable trade: elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers.

Entrusted - for now - with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, the field hospital's crew face a precarious existence. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and Yansic's thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested or worse.

Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle.©2023 Adrian Tchaikovsky (P)2023 Head of Zeus Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Genre Fiction Magic Urban Fiction Paranormal War
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I wasn't sure what to expect after book 1, but this has turned out to be one of my favourite books.

Very funny, and expertly crafted.

Yasnic and God!

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I wasn't sure what a sequel to City of last chances would be like, but this was inspired. Taking one of the characters that needed more fleshing out and putting him in a field hospital is a genius move. I loved the main cast of characters and I look forward to more stories in this world

Even more of what I wanted

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The narrator is amazing and I fell in love with all of the characters. The dialog in this is especially good

Love all the backstories and the narrator

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This is how all Audible works should be! A fantastic partnership between one of my favourite authors and my favourite narrator! The story line is strong and engaging and is read beautifully making this an excellent experience!! Many Thanks

Excellent

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For me, this book balances humour, invention and adventure, to create a very satisfying whole. Beautifully paced and plotted with just the right amount of grim. A great vocal performance makes it almost perfect. I doubt I will listen to a better audio book this year.

even better than the last one.

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