City of Lies

A Poison War Novel

De: Sam Hawke

Narrado por: Rosa Coduri, Dan Morgan

Poison. Treachery. Ancient spirits. Sieges. The Poison Wars begin now, with City of Lies, a fabulous epic fantasy debut audiobook by Sam Hawke.

I was seven years old the first time my uncle poisoned me...

Outwardly, Jovan is the lifelong friend of the Chancellor’s charming, irresponsible Heir. Quiet. Forgettable. In secret, he's a master of poisons and chemicals, trained to protect the Chancellor’s family from treachery. When the Chancellor succumbs to an unknown poison and an army lays siege to the city, Jovan and his sister Kalina must protect the Heir and save their city-state.

But treachery lurks in every corner, and the ancient spirits of the land are rising...and angry.

©2018 Sam Hawke (P)2018 Random House Audiobooks

Mysteriously Intreging

Reads more like a murder mystery with religion and war sprinkled in, but the writing is superb.

Also, the best opening line to a novel I have ever read. Must read for any fantasy fan!

Enjoyable & Entertaining

At first I struggled to get into this story which was a combination of keeping up with who the characters were, story lines that never tied up (the lemar and Hector) and trying to understand the exact distinction of the different people groups.

I did enjoy the main characters and the overall story. But the timeline of the battle and things happening within it did not seem realistic. However I did really appreciate the originality and the unexpected twists and turns.

Overall a good read and entertaining but not one I'll be coming back to. Sam Hawke does seem to be a promising author and I will be interested in seeing her future works.

Trust no one

Loved it! Excellent narration. Rosa's performance reminded me of Kate Beckinsale in Underworld. Honor down one of the best debuts of the year, excellent worldbuilding, interesting characters and lots of betrayal.

Impotent, Indecisive Teenage Lives of Nobles

I couldn't even really get through the book, but I believe it had more to do with disparity between my decisiveness and many of the character's indecisiveness. I was constantly struggling not to reach through the headphones and smack some of them upside the head between the story and the voicing performance exaggerating the characters indecisiveness. it was well written and still had some twists and turns for depth, but I had to stop listening after 5 hrs as it was the limit to which I could force myself to. Others may have a better experience, but for me it's a pass.

Interesting...

This was a good story but it felt like it was purposely written to become a movie. The plot wasn’t very exciting but I did like the characters and I could see how it might be better as a movie