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Perfect for fans of Mark Lawrence and R Scott Bakker, The Court of Broken Knives is the explosive debut by one of grimdark fantasy’s most exciting new voices.
They’ve finally looked at the graveyard of our Empire with open eyes. They’re fools and madmen and like the art of war. And their children go hungry while we piss gold and jewels into the dust.
In the richest empire the world has ever known, the city of Sorlost has always stood, eternal and unconquered. But in a city of dreams governed by an imposturous Emperor, decadence has become the true ruler, and has blinded its inhabitants to their vulnerability. The empire is on the verge of invasion – and only one man can see it.
Haunted by dreams of the empire’s demise, Orhan Emmereth has decided to act. On his orders, a company of soldiers cross the desert to reach the city. Once they enter the Palace, they have one mission: kill the Emperor, then all those who remain. Only from ashes can a new empire be built.
The company is a group of good, ordinary soldiers, for whom this is a mission like any other. But the strange boy Marith who walks among them is no ordinary soldier. Marching on Sorlost, Marith thinks he is running away from the past which haunts him. But in the Golden City, his destiny awaits him – beautiful, bloody, and more terrible than anyone could have foreseen.
© 2017 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780008204198
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 29 juni 2017
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3.2
1 av 3
Fantasy & SciFi
Perfect for fans of Mark Lawrence and R Scott Bakker, The Court of Broken Knives is the explosive debut by one of grimdark fantasy’s most exciting new voices.
They’ve finally looked at the graveyard of our Empire with open eyes. They’re fools and madmen and like the art of war. And their children go hungry while we piss gold and jewels into the dust.
In the richest empire the world has ever known, the city of Sorlost has always stood, eternal and unconquered. But in a city of dreams governed by an imposturous Emperor, decadence has become the true ruler, and has blinded its inhabitants to their vulnerability. The empire is on the verge of invasion – and only one man can see it.
Haunted by dreams of the empire’s demise, Orhan Emmereth has decided to act. On his orders, a company of soldiers cross the desert to reach the city. Once they enter the Palace, they have one mission: kill the Emperor, then all those who remain. Only from ashes can a new empire be built.
The company is a group of good, ordinary soldiers, for whom this is a mission like any other. But the strange boy Marith who walks among them is no ordinary soldier. Marching on Sorlost, Marith thinks he is running away from the past which haunts him. But in the Golden City, his destiny awaits him – beautiful, bloody, and more terrible than anyone could have foreseen.
© 2017 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780008204198
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 29 juni 2017
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Michael
22 feb. 2023
Bra uppläsare, själva storyn är i grunden bra men den är något luddig i brist på annat ord. Känns som man hoppar mellan scenarion. Snarare än att det faktist är en sammanhållande berättelse.
John
13 sep. 2021
Den är komplex och poetisk och storslagen och ibland pratar inläsaren så tyst att det nästan är omöjligt att höra. Men jag sätter på del två nu, för jag vill höra mer.
Hans
14 aug. 2023
Har startat den här boken två gånger tidigare men bestämde mig för att lyssna igen den här tredje gången.Boken är onekligen ambitiös, men något diffus som någon tidigare sagt här. Jag personligen tappade lite bort sammanhangen i boken på slutet, men men.
Robert
10 dec. 2020
Annorlunda men bra
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