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Theft of Swords

By: Michael J. Sullivan
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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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

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One of the best unknown books I've ever read.

If you could sum up Theft of Swords in three words, what would they be?

A wonderful story about a pair of exceptional thieves, and the bizarre events they wind up getting entangled in.

What other book might you compare Theft of Swords to and why?

Michael J Sullivan's writing style reminds me of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss. The world is well thought out and the epic journey is similar to series' of the aforementioned authors.

What does Tim Gerard Reynolds bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Tim's reading is well paced, he does a wonderful voice-work, and really gives the words life with his performance.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

'All the they wanted is what's yours'

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I can't recommend this book enough. I enjoyed it, and it's sequels thoroughly!

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A truly amazing and unpredictable story!

Love it! Im an instant fan. I will be listening to all the books now! Highly recommend.

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Awesome adventure!

This was an awesome adventure and was wonderfully narrated! I really enjoyed these two books!

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Fantastic Characters

These books contain a wonderful story with even better characters. This one is well worth checking out.

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Easy Listening

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

I'd recommend to a friend. It is a good, easy, clean story where integrity (even among thieves) is the basis for action. I didn't have to listen to careful details and it was enjoyable.

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Love everything about this!

Love this series! I read the Riyria Revelations first then the chronicles now I'm reading them in chronological order. First the individual chronicles then the Revelations. This way gives a back story to a few 'smaller' characters that you learn are quite important.

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10/10 would recommend

These books are great and I felt the the voice actor did great justice to every character the was portrayed including the females, with no one getting a silly or outlandish voice and never changed the voices.

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Great book!

Awesome story! Looking forward to the next book in this series. I will recommend it to my friends!

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this story is better than the shannara chronicles.

this story is better than the shannara chronicles. I highly recommend this title. this is worth a listen.

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Fun, exciting and makes you want to know more!

I am now a hug fan of this series. I could not put it down.

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