Priest of Gallows

By: Peter McLean

Narrated by: David Morley Hale

Gangster, soldier, priest. Queen's Man. Governor.

Tomas Piety has everything he ever wanted. In public he's a wealthy, highly respected businessman, happily married to a beautiful woman and Governor of his home city of Ellinburg. In private, he's no longer a gang lord but one of the Queen's Men, invisible and officially non-existent, working in secret to protect his country.

But when the queen's sudden death sees him summoned back to the capital, he discovers his boss, Dieter Vogel, Provost Marshal of the Queen's Men, is busy tightening his stranglehold on the country.

Just as he once fought for his Pious Men, he must now bend all his wit and hard-won wisdom to protect his queen - but now he can't always tell if he's on the right side.

Tomas has started to ask himself, what is the price of power? And more importantly, is it one he is willing to pay?

©2021 Peter McLean (P)2021 Quercus Editions Limited

Fun addition to the series, narration a bit slow

It to about an hour or so to adjust to the new narrator and right from the beginning it felt to slow but after bumping the playback speed to 1.25 that made the pace more enjoyable.

The story itself was good if not a bit repetitive throughout. They there were certainly a few times they gave the same information over and over but you have to wonder if it is just the main character saying these things to himself in his own mind to remind himself. All in all a good read and I found it enjoyable and worth the listen in the end.

So So

Not nearly as action packed and engrossing as the first two books. Couldn’t put the first two books down, but caught myself wanting this one to end.

So Damn GOOD!

Thomas Piety is a straight G!!
I love this book and Characters. Amazing story telling and if I’m not wrong some dead on symbolism to current events.
So excited for the next book already.

So Good! And David Morley Hale Is Great!

I have really enjoyed listening to the War for the Rose Throne series. I know many were upset about the change of narrator in Book 3 from John Lee in Books 1 and 2. I thought David Morley Hale was outstanding. I love listening to John Lee; he's the main reason I have purchased some of the audiobooks in my library. However, David Hale was also an excellent reader, and aside from a slight disorientation from having moved directly into book 3 from book 2, I found his narration very fluid and immersive.

Regarding the story itself, although it's difficult to warm up to an amoral anti-hero like Tomas, I really like that even he is struggling with the House of Law and Dieter Vogel's evil machinations. The main characters are multi-dimensional and are truly interesting people, even though I would hate to meet any one of them in a dark alley.

I'm looking forward to the final book in the series, and will definitely look up other Peter McLean and/or David Morley Hale audiobooks. It's definitely worth a listen, especially if you like the grimmer side of fantasy.

Yes

A great third installment


This series just gets better and better

Highly recommend all three books in the series and look forward to the fourth book