• The Blinding Knife

  • By: Brent Weeks
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (11,594 ratings)

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The Blinding Knife

By: Brent Weeks
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Publisher's summary

Gavin's powers are fading and his end draws near as war rages across the satrapies in the second novel of the New York Times best-selling Lightbringer series by Brent Week.

Gavin Guile is dying. He'd thought he had five years left - now he has less than one. With 50,000 refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiance who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every side. All magic in the world is running wild and threatens to destroy the Seven Satrapies. Worst of all, the old gods are being reborn, and their army of color wights is unstoppable.

The only salvation may be the brother whose freedom and life Gavin stole 16 years ago. If you loved the action and adventure of the Night Angel trilogy, you will devour this incredible epic fantasy series by Brent Weeks.

©2012 Brent Weeks (P)2012 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

2013, Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Winner

2013, PrizeName, Winner

"The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor."—The Ranting Dragon

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Hands Down My Favorite Series!

Loved this book series! Pulled me right in! Could not stop until I finished the entire series!

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Needs stronger women

Creates iconic admirable formidable female character; has her captured and beaten twice. male characters are mostly complex. Women serve or are their to service men. Book just needed feminist lens and could have been that much better. Book ends in battle like previous book. Series not, this far, not as good as Way of Shadows series.

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Fantastic!!!

Weeks has done it again! I wasn't too sure after the Black Prism if I would read book 2 but I'm glad I did. Simon Vance made all the difference bring a much more vibrant reading performance to the novel. Truly top notch voice acting. Weeks character development, swashbuckling action, mixed with what seems to be an ever sweeping story is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Can't wait for the next one and hope it is not the last!

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Truly enjoyed

loved it well written well read this book keep me engauged and wanting to know more.

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Some of his best work

Where does The Blinding Knife rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It is definitely some of Mr. Weeks best work. It is even better than the preceding book. The development is more fluent. Also, it will catch you off gaurd and you might find yourself laughing in public. Some of the banter in the dialogue is very enjoyable.

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Loved it

Absolutely loved it just as good as the first two, can't wait to start the next one.

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Combinatorial and Colorful

Masterful performance and the story moved well without becoming dry and thoughtless. I found this read relaxing.

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Excellent book, Stellar Narration

Ive read the book prior to listening, simon vance really brought something extra to it, if we can get him to re-do the night angel trilogy i would repurchase all three! Come on make it happen!

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great reader, decent story with cool fights

great listen if you are looking for lots of magic slinging and aren't hoping for massive depth. The story is pretty standard and somewhat predictable,even though it does a good job and surprising small twists. I get the feeling that the story wouldn't hold up to a lot of scrutiny but that's OK.

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Keeps getting better & better!

This book is even better than the first in the series. I can't wait for more!

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