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The Grace of Kings

The Dandelion Dynasty, Book 1

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The Grace of Kings

By: Ken Liu
Narrated by: Kevin Shen
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 Bloomsbury presents The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, read by Kevin Shen.

Nominated for Best Performance: Narrator at The Speakies (The British Audio Awards).

A TIME MAGAZINE BEST FANTASY BOOK OF ALL TIME
Emperor Mapidéré was the first to unite the island kingdoms of Dara under a single banner. But now the emperor is on his deathbed, his people are exhausted by his vast, conscriptive engineering projects and his counsellors conspire only for their own gain.

Even the gods themselves are restless.

A wily, charismatic bandit and the vengeance-sworn son of a deposed duke cross paths as they each lead their own rebellion against the emperor's brutal regime. Together, they will journey to the heart of the empire; witnessing the clash of armies, fleets of silk-draped airships, magical books and shapeshifting gods. Their unlikely friendship will drastically change the balance of power in Dara... but at what price?

The Grace of Kings is the first novel by Hugo-, Nebula- and World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu and the first in a monumental epic fantasy series.©2015 Ken Liu (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Historical Royalty Feel-Good Fiction

Critic reviews

'An instant classic. This is a debut novel to be reckoned with. Poetry on every page' (Hugh Howey)

'By turns opulent, gritty, and inventive... gives epic fantasy a much-needed breath of fresh air' (Saladin Ahmed)
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the narrator is atrocious and bland. sounds like he learned how to read just last month. a shame cause I was looking forward to this book

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Hoping the story will make more sense when read. The narration was so difficult to tune into I couldn’t keep track of what was going on. It’s like my brain was trying to actively repress the monotone delivery and annoying character voices.

Truly awful narration

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I read the reviews after I had purchased the audiobook. like everyone is saying, the narration is awful. don't buy this, read the physical book.

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DNF book, all over the place, clunky dialog, don’t get the decisions that people make.

All over the place

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For the first time in a long time I couldn’t finish either the written or the audiobook.
It’s just so dry.

Very dull

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