Stories of the Raksura, Book 1

De: Martha Wells

Narrado por: Christopher Kipiniak

In "The Falling World", Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud Court, has traveled with Chime and Balm to another Raksuran court. When she fails to return, her consort, Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult. "The Tale of Indigo and Cloud" explores the history of the Indigo Cloud Court, long before Moon was born. In the distant past, Indigo stole Cloud from Emerald Twilight. But in doing so, the reigning Queen Cerise and Indigo are now poised for a conflict that could spark war throughout all the courts of the Reaches. Stories of Moon and the shape changers of Raksura have delighted listeners for years. This world is a dangerous place full of strange mysteries, where the future can never be taken for granted and must always be fought for with wits and ingenuity, and often tooth and claw. With two brand-new novellas, Martha Wells shows that the world of the Raksura has many more stories to tell....

©2014 Martha Wells (P)2014 Audible Inc.

I love Raksura backstories

I’ve always disdained prequels before. But these are different somehow, making the characters I love seem more real - fleshing out their personalities.

My favorite series

The reviews ragging on the social structure of the Raksura have obviously not read the true novels of this series, which gives an exorbitant amount of context for their society, names, and Moon's anxious disposition. I absolutely recommend them, they are fabulous.

The narrator was okay, but as some have said the voice used for female Raksura was meh.

Loved it

This story takes place amongst nonhumuns. It took a couple chapters for me to get my head around the people and there capabilities. The story also takes place out of order of time. This made the story more interesting to me. The characters were developed and interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed the story.

It develops...

This is a collection of stories, the first is not necessarily unique at first, more like gender role swaps on a tried and true formula, but it does serve to establish characters and by the second and subsequent mini stories, hooks you for more.

The downside is that there is a fair amount of strong emotional angst, and at first I took it as the story was written for a younger audience- which it probably is, yet, it kind of makes sense and fits the characters overtime.

What makes it confusing, more then the gender role swaps, is the narrator, whose “female” character voices sound more like a dim witted giants.

If you can get past these quirks, the stories are nice.

More please

I was so sad when I finished the original series. Thank you for bringing these characters back to life for me and fleshing out their backstories.