• Priest of Bones

  • War for the Rose Throne, Book 1
  • By: Peter McLean
  • Narrated by: David Morley Hale
  • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)

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Priest of Bones

By: Peter McLean
Narrated by: David Morley Hale
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Publisher's summary

'Sixty-five thousand battle-shocked, trained killers came home to no jobs, no food and the plague. What did Her Majesty think was going to happen?'

Tomas Piety takes his duties seriously: as a soldier, as a priest of Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows and as a leader of men. He has come home from the war to reclaim his family business, to provide for his men and to ensure the horrors of Abingon can never happen in Ellinburg.

But things have changed: his crime empire has been stolen, and the people of Ellinburg - his people - have run out of food and hope and places to hide. With his best friend, Bloody Anne, his war-damaged brother, Jochan, and his new gang, the Pious Men, Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his.

And as Tomas is dragged into a web of political intrigue by the sinister Queen's Men, forced to work against the foreign infiltrators lurking in the backstreet taverns, brothels and gambling dens of the Stink, one thing becomes clear.

The war has just begun.

©2018 Peter McLean (P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited

Critic reviews

"Charismatic and very more-ish." (Mark Lawrence, best-selling author of Red Sister)

"Fans of Daniel Polansky, Mark Lawrence or, dare I say, Blackwing will most appreciate this book." (Ed McDonald, author of Blackwing)

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Unoriginal, unengaging, unconvincing.

The performance was good and for that I give two stars.

as for the story... uh. A waste of time.

The plot is WAY too close to Peaky Blinders for comfort. The few original ideas like the magic system are simply not enough to make the book worth listening to.

Worst of all though, except for a scene or two, there is exactly zero emotional impact in the story. The author was unable to generate any kind of feeling... And that is because he states facts, instead of making us believe them. To give an example: if a war experience was so terrible, that it becomes the main character's motivation and basis for his actions, make us feel WHY. Make us understand HOW it drives him... Engage our emotions at least minimally... Because saying "oh this war was terrible, so I don't want it to happen again" is just poor, poor writing.

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