Empire of the Damned

Empire of the Vampire, Book 2

De: Jay Kristoff, Bon Orthwick - illustrator

Narrado por: Damian Lynch, Shakira Shute

Duración: 31 h y 34 m

Resumen del Editor

This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between the author and actor/director Joseph Morgan (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Halo).

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff, comes the much-anticipated sequel to the #1 international bestselling sensation EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE.

From holy cup comes holy light;

The faithful hands sets world aright.

And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,

Mere man shall end this endless night.

Gabriel de León has saved the Holy Grail from death, but his chance to end the endless night is lost. Drawn into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious vampire Liathe, Gabriel must now deliver the Grail to ancients of the Blood Esani, and learn the truth of how Daysdeath might be finally undone.

But the Last Silversaint faces peril, within and without. Pursued by terrors of the Blood Voss, drawn into warfare between the Blood Dyvok and duskdancers of the frozen Highlands, and ravaged by his own rising bloodlust, Gabriel may not survive to see the Grail learn her truth.

And that truth may be too awful for any to imagine.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Jay Kristoff (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Extraordinary Writing Style

I was enthralled by this story within the first five minutes of Empire of the Vampire. I have been waiting since 2021 for Empire of the Damned.

I love the author's choice of writing style in this series. The chronology of the story is told from the prisoner's point of view while still immersing the reader in the story as if it were taking place at a point in time. It is brilliant.

The story is dark and gothic, which, in my opinion, is the best setting for a vampire/hunter tale. The narration pushes the listeners over the edge to a point of no return. Damian Lynch gives life to Gabriel.

Gabriel is a warrior fighting against a foe that can't be conquered. The sun never truly lights up the day; the nights are dark and cold. However, Gabriel is on a mission to protect what could be the world's last hope. He has no idea how the grail will free this world from its dark prison, but he has faith in the grail, and he will fight to the death to protect her.

The only thing I did not enjoy in this second book is the sexual content. The first book had its share of sexual content, but the author went too far in the second book.

The second narrator has a beautiful voice. However, it just didn't fit this story and undermined its grandeur.

All that being said, I finished the book and immediately hit replay!!!

Even better than book one

I hated to see it end. The vampire world Kristoff has plunged us in to, is exactly what vampires should be, some are lovely, but all are terrifying. The narrators did a fantastic job of bringing that persona to life.

Somehow better than the first

The book surpassed every expectation I had. When I got to the second narrator it took a minute of adjustment because Damian Lynch has become my new favorite narrator of all time, but once I adjusted I thoroughly enjoyed it. Her voicing of the vampire-Lily?(Audiobook listener not sure how it’s spelled) completely sold me. I couldn’t have imagined a more terrifyingly disconnected, predatory, and intelligent voice inside my own head. Both narrators do a good Liathe, but I do like that there were two narrators for the two sides of the story.

Best Vampire Series with plent of action

First, the best vampire series I have had a chance to listen to in a very long time. At best, the tmTwilight series was meh annd made for preteens and teenagers. But Jay Kristoff's vampire series is not only fire, but fire with nice twist and turns throughout. The silver saints are b******* that will split your emotions where you love to hate them, but you also hate that you love them. Also, listen to the ending where Joseph Morgan (Klaus from the Originals) talks with Jay. Joseph Morgan is a phenomenal actor, and I loved him in the Originals. I hope Max, Hulu or Prime makes Jay's book into a series.

Did not see this ending coming…

There is nothing more disconcerting then being confident there is at least an hour and 20 minutes more before the book is over only to have the author drop yet another bomb you should have seen but never did. Amazing author, phenomenal voice performance. Everything I wanted, things I never imaged and so much more.

JUST WOW!!!!

this book had me on the edge of my seat every second of the way . It blew my mind I loved it this book is so much better than first and I didn't know if that was even possible and I am telling you I need book 3 like now . I loved the character development in this book and the battle scenes and the world building. Dior will always be my favorite character .

Narrator Confusion

The male narrator, Damien Lynch, does an amazing job-I was so pleased when I saw he would be performing the second book because his work on the first was incredible.
Where things get a little strange is when the POV switches and a new narrator takes over. Normally I wouldn’t mind this at all but the new narrator has an entirely different style and it threw the whole experience off. When Damien is narrating I am totally immersed in the book but that’s impossible to do with the new narrator because names are changed, words mispronounced, and accents altered.
Is it strange to anyone else that two people narrating a book didn’t once have a conversation to get on the same page (no pun intended)?
I’ll be switching to reading this one myself.

Perfect narration and fabulous writing

I immediately looked to see when the next book would be available. It was that good. I love the main protagonist. He’s the ideal antihero. The writing is witty and the world building is so naturally immersive it’s easy to get pulled in and stay there. Can’t wait for book 3.

I'm now damned

excellent follow up and several reveals were surprises, not always desired ones but exciting. I can't wait for the final chapters.

Epic second novel

This was amazing the second book in a trilogy is tricky but this one delivers and built on everything book one gave us. The narration was next level.