The Starless Crown

Moon Fall, Book 1

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: James Rollins, Nicola Barber

"The story touches on many familiar fantasy plot points—magic, an ancient language, an ability to commune with wild creatures, a climactic battle between the forces of good and evil—yet manages to be satisfying. It’s aided by a capable reading from Barber, who invests Rollins’ characters with a variety of British accents that help make each a distinguishable, real person."- The Providence Journal

This audiobook includes a special introduction written and read by James Rollins.

An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins.

A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death.

Fleeing into the unknown, she is drawn into a team of outcasts:

A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home.

A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own.

An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact—one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe.

On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation.

But with each passing moment, doom draws closer.

WHO WILL CLAIM THE STARLESS CROWN?

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

©2022 James Rollins (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, Long-listed

"Rollins is what you might wind up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together.”—The New York Times

"Adventurous and enormously engrossing."—NPR

"The story touches on many familiar fantasy plot points—magic, an ancient language, an ability to commune with wild creatures, a climactic battle between the forces of good and evil—yet manages to be satisfying. It’s aided by a capable reading from Barber, who invests Rollins’ characters with a variety of British accents that help make each a distinguishable, real person."—The Providence Journal

Very Good with unique twists and turns

I wasn't sure how this book was going to go but I found that I really liked it. He did his normal good job of fleshing out the characters and making them interesting, but I found as I read more that I wanted to read more. James Rollins always a does a good job with his books. Definitely worth the read!

Can't wait for book two!!

I love the multi perspectives this book offers the reader. In the beginning I wondered how all these characters would come together, but when they did it was a perfect fit. The excitement of the action scenes will have you at the edge of your seat giving you great moments and sometimes sad ones. I'm super excited for this series to continue.

Not really what I am used to from James Rollins

I have been reading/listening to James' books for about 12 years and this is the first fantasy out of his writings that I have read. I was honestly kind of shocked by the story because I am used to Sigma Force out of him. It was/is a very interesting story that tends to ramble a bit when describing some things. Way too many pages are spent describing some items/scenes where you expect it to be providing relevance for some reason, but it turns out he just spent 20 minutes describing a flower and never brings it up again...kind of odd compared to other stories from Mr. Rollins. I did enjoy the book (though not as much as others he has written) and the story was interesting, but I probably won't spend my money on another in this series.

needs a new narrator

Love James Rollins but this one was a struggle to get through. The narrator's voice is so calming, it's distracting. Good voice to put me to sleep but I could barely keep up with the story.

Loved it, Intriguing story

Rollins really knows how to keep you enthralled. Unique and interesting story. I didn't care much for the performers voice of reading the story. But Awesome story.

Great Story and will soon DL 2nd book

James Rollins is a favorite author of mine and I have enjoyed all of his books. I usually read and listen between the book and audiobook … helps in getting names correct. The performance is good, but I prefer non-”whispery” voices. Action scenes are nice and clear though… some of the slower, speculative moments are not so hot… at least for me. Still performance isn’t bad.

Too many disasters

I liked the mysteries and intrigue. I didn’t like the in-depth telling of one disaster after another.

Thank you Nicola Barber for narrating this book.

Thank you James Rollins for writing this outstanding story. This book is amazing please listen to this book.

Wished it will never end!

loved, loved, loved the story, the details, the reader, the world it has created.
can't wait for the next one!!!!

Not the quality I expected

James Rollins is my absolute favorite author so I was excited to read his latest effort. However I barely made it through this read and honestly believe he must have written most of this story long before he became an accomplished author. The overall general story/plot line has been done in many other science fiction books. The character development was good but how much can one read about the special relationship between the girl and her “brother “ because they were next to each other as babies sucking warm bat milk? The narrative is confusing & meandering especially during the battle descriptions. Most importantly, where is the science or anything profound? Unfortunately, not here. I am really vacillating on whether or not I continue this series, “still” (a transition word used about a thousand times) I probably will… because I have hope for the future.