The Hollow King

Warhammer Age of Sigmar

De: John French

Narrado por: Richard Reed

Duración: 10 h y 33 m

Resumen del Editor

A Cado Ezechiar Novel

In his first full-length novel, the vampiric anti-hero Cado Ezechiar finds himself caught in a web of war and deceit in the city of Aventhis.

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The cold-hearted Cado Ezechiar is obsessed with revenge and keeping to his strict moral code—can he stay true to himself and avenge those who he has lost?

The story

Cado Ezechiar is a wanderer who has outlived the memory of the age that made him. A Soulblight vampire who accepted the curse as his people and kingdom fell to Chaos, he now roams the Realm of Death and beyond seeking retribution and salvation for the ones he failed.

Aided by the bound spirits of those he lost, Cado follows a path of revenge, hunting the servants of Chaos to slake his need for blood while seeking the Sorcerer of Change who destroyed his kingdom. When his hunt leads him to the free city of Aventhis, Cado becomes caught up in the machinations of greater powers—beings who see the city and its people as dust in the eyes of ambitious gods. Torn between his code of honour and his desire for vengeance, Cado must navigate a web of war and deceit, or lose everything.

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Great story!

It was a great slow burn and the way the story laid out kept up the pace enough to be thoroughly enjoyable. Another great job for the voice acting in this one as well!

great book

great character awesome story I hope to hear more from the hollow king. excellent narrator!!!

me gustó mucho

gran calidad como siempre, cumpliendo su objetivo; me eh conseguido mi armada de la fracción de la muerte con Kedo

Best AoS Vampire Character and Narrative

Non-Spoiler mostly gushing. I’d tell you all it’s a great read with amazing pacing! The intense moments are incredibly so and the more human moments feel sincere. I love that we seem to have an amazing and interesting anti-hero for the vampires/Soulblight and I will definitely be impatiently waiting for any further stories with The Hollow King. Couldn’t stop until it was over it was so damn good seriously folks.

Love AOS Vampires

This was a great way to bring Vampires into Age of Sigmar and the character himself was quite interesting. The point of view of the Lumineth being bad was also a nice thing to see. Books that can make what is to be speculated as the good people look bad always really put a smile on my face. Twisting that always makes for a good story.

Best Age of Sigmar book yet!

Absolutely loved this book and hope there will be several more to come. Richard Reed was phenomenal as always. Well worth a credit for any fan of high fantasy.

fun, 2nd to Neferata

a fun listen. narration great as always. a very Warhammery vampire book, but more of spin on a hero.

greatest vampire in the land

this is my first age of Sigmar book, just fyi.
i know almost nothing after the end times, so getting glimpses into how this particular land is split is awesome.
the character is told in a good way and he sticks to his flaws (a vampire would call it a flaw) and his story evolves in a great and natural way.
the voice actor is great as usual (heard a lot of 40k books narrated by him).
his female voices are distinct from males and for any voice actor that is enough when it comes to voices opposite genders.

Fantastic

One of the best aos stories i heard… really love the feel of cado.. and the voices are great

Subversive and Intriguing Until The End

What begins as a seemingly predictable story twists and turns along a winding path. John French uses stock characters all over, but either tweaks their usual characterization just enough that they feel fresh, or uses them to set up another lie within the plotting of Tzeentch. Richard Reed's performance varies somewhat in quality, from stereotypically lower class English accents to Eastern European ones that become somewhat grating by the end, but I have to say that as Valentin the Blacksmith, he really shined. In one particular scene, which I won't spoil, he pours an incredible amount of passion into the character's voice that I wish was displayed elsewhere. However, his voices were believable enough, and the story compelling enough, that there were very few scenes that I found uninteresting.

All-in-all, a great Warhammer story that doesn't depend all that much on your prior knowledge of factions, lore, units, etc.