The Paths of the Dead

Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha

By: Steven Brust

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

The long-awaited sequel to The Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After.

Two hundred years after Adron’s Disaster, in which Dragaera City was accidentally reduced to an ocean of chaos by an experiment in wizardry gone wrong, the Empire isn’t what it used to be. Deprived at a single blow of their Emperor, of the Orb that is the focus of the Empire’s power, of their capital city with its Impe-rial bureaucracy, and of a great many of their late fellow citizens, the surviving Dragaerans have been limping through a long Interregnum, bereft even of the simple magic and sorcery they were accustomed to use in everyday life.

Now the descendants and successors of the great ad-venturers Khaavren, Pel, Aerich, and Tazendra are growing up in this seemingly diminished world, convinced, like their elders, that the age of adventures is over and nothing interesting will ever happen to them. They are, of course, wrong.

For even deprived of magic, Dragaerans fight, plot, and conspire as they breathe, and so do their still-powerful gods. The enemies of the Empire prowl at its edges, in-scrutable doings are up at Dzur Mountain...and, unex-pectedly, a surviving Phoenix Heir, young Zerika, is discovered—setting off a chain of swashbuckling events that will remake the world yet again.

©2002 Steven Brust, Emma Bull, Teresa Nielsen Hayden (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Excellent fantasy series with memorable characters

Brust: wrote a superb story and characters
Stillwell: brought those people to life
You will not regret listening to these stories!

Amazing Series, and amazing narration!!!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, it's a great book with amazing narration, Kevin Stillwell does an amazing job

Who was your favorite character and why?

I really like Morrolan

Have you listened to any of Kevin Stillwell’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, it's as well narrated as the rest of his work!

Great with yo much detail

Great read but the tempo of the speakers were way to long and r3ally not needed.

An excellent addition to the Khaavren Romances

I'm right glad Brust continued with the saga following "500 years after." It's got humor, philosophy, gravity, and of course action. I wish these books continued like the Taltos series.

very enjoyable

I liked the story and the performance. it has been awhile since I read this book. I look forward to revisiting the rest.