Theft of Swords

Riyria Revelations, Volume 1

By: Michael J. Sullivan

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Length: 22 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Nominee, Fantasy, 2013

Acclaimed author Michael J. Sullivan created instant best sellers with his spellbinding Riyria Revelations series. This first volume introduces Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater, two enterprising thieves who end up running for their lives when they’re framed for the death of the king. Trapped in a conspiracy bigger than they can imagine, their only hope is unraveling an ancient mystery - before it’s too late.

Theft of Swords contains The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha, books 1 and 2 of Riyria Revelations.

©2011 Michael J. Sullivan (P)2012 Recorded Books, LLC

The character drama

This is a story without action. I mean, there is action but there's never action scenes. It is a constant dialogue with some of the best characters ever put to page. Even person is so fleshed out and TGG does such a great voice that the world is alive. You don't need extreme play by plays of the fight scenes because that's not the central part of the story.

Get this one and rejoice in the world.

loved it

read age of myth and thought id check out sullivans other work. definitely will be following his work from now on. he also chooses excellent narrators

Extremely enjoyable!

This book was very, very enjoyable with a cast of extremely fun characters. Royce and Hadrian are on an adventure, and they are taking you with. Their personalities are so arrestingly charming (even if Royce isn't trying to be that way haha!) that you will immediately become sucked into the book. You'll root for these characters. You'll laugh at and with them.

Don't expect some deep, introspective character study in this book. While the characters are well-rounded and dynamic, the book does not provide a deep look into their heads. This book is less about the characters and more about the adventure. I wouldn't let this steer you off though, even if you are looking for deep characters in a book. Normally that's what I want--if a book doesn't have deep characters I'm not interested. But I make an exception with Theft of Swords because the book was so darn fun. Additionally, the friendship between Royce and Hadrian is rather "cute."

Great author, and another great book

Michael J. Sullivan is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. He does fantasy very well, and his stories are engaging and well thought-out. He has outstanding continuity in his series, and even though the books are long, I never found myself bored. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes the adventure/fantasy genre.

great book

I really loved it, it was a tiny bit slow the first chapter or 2 but after that it really picks up and kept me interested up until the very end! I highly recommend.

Loved it

Simply great it was fast paced but not rushed it was grand but not to big and the two main characters were simply great

great story and entertaining, would recommend

not much bad language and a good story, lots of constant action. good fantasy, not too graphic eother

love it great story and characters awesome

loved the book great story and characters lots of action some comedy and a little mystery

Very enjoyable story with excellent narration

I’m not big on fantasy stories but this has won me over. It made me lol several times, cry on a few and genuinely want to keep listening to see what happened.
I will certainly be listening to the next instalment then go back to the Prequel stories after finishing this series.
Most enjoyable. Great narrator. Really easy to listen to and imagine the scenes.

Thanks.

I was intrigued the entire time. I love it

This story of Hadrian and Royce had many twists and turns of which I took a great liking to. I would absolutely love to follow up on a few of the extra characters in the story possibly in other volumes of this series should they appear in them.