The Bone Doll's Twin

Tamir Triad, Book 1

By: Lynn Flewelling

Narrated by: Victor Bevine, Lynn Flewelling

Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Long ago, during the dark days of the Great War with Pleinmar, King Thelatimos journeyed to the Oracle of the God Illior at Afra to save his warn-torn kingdom. Here he was presented with a prophecy 'So long as a daughter of Thelatimos's line defends and rules, Skala shall never be subjugated.' And that is how the line of queens ruling over Skala was established...

However, as generations went by, the male heirs to the throne became intensely resentful of the prophecy that emasculated their claim to power. Finally Queen Agnalain took the throne and the people of Skala suffered under her erratic and selfish command. Prompted by the people's outcry over this mad queen, her son Prince Erius claimed primogeniture, and seized the throne. Erius's ascent may have pleased the people of Skala, but a faction of the population, one who had not forgotten the prophecy, were worried. Plague, drought and famine spread throughout the kingdom weakening it's defences and offering easy pickings to Skala's old enemy and neighbour, Plenimar.

As people start to recall the Oracle's prophecy, Erius begins to quietly kill off his female relatives who pose the only threat to his monarchy. Constantly in fear for her life, Princess Ariani the King's sister, gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. But Ariani is married to Lord Rhius, the patron of the powerful wizard Iya, and Iya has sinister plans for the babes.

BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction written and recorded by author Lynn Flewelling.

©2001 Lynn Flewelling (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Wonderful

I love this book! thank you Scott for showing this =)

my favorite book

I love this book. I've read and read it so many times, and decided to get the audiobook to listen to in the background while doing other things and its honestly one of the best audiobooks I've listened to. The narrators voice fits really well and the ominous music at the end of sections fits the story so well. If you like fantasy (think Robin Hobb or Patrick Rothfuss) and ghost stories, you'll love this book. The writing itself is beautiful and eerie, and the story is one of the best fantasy stories I've ever read. I wish more people knew about this book - it's been my favorite book for approximate 15 years and I come back to it every few years because it's that good.

Continues to be a favorite!

I fell in love with this novel in paperback, and it's one of the few trilogies worth reading more than once. That said, that audiobook is done so very well, with a reader who skilfully finds voices for male and female, young and old, with exceptional ease.

Bottom line: the audible version is well worth it, and worth listening to again and again.

An amazing, well written, story

A MUST read! All of her books an dynamite! I can't wait to listen to them all.

Got addicted to this series

I was pleasantly surprised as I got into this book. The first chapter starts out a little slow, and my first impression was "oh oh - another cheesy mage/sorcerer fantasy novel" - but the series turned out to be quite addictive. The characters are three-dimensional, the story-line surprisingly creative in terms of ghosts/demons, and the author does a good job of painting the scenery with her words. I would definitely recommend it. Good narrator too.

Loved it

An entertaining read with a compelling premise, I can't wait to hear the rest of the series!

slow beginning, fabulous middle, maddening ending

loved it. the first chapter was a bit of a struggle. Setting all the characters and defining their roles was a bit difficult but by the second chapter the speed picked up and I couldn't put it down. I had to finish it and I knew when the last chapter came that there had to be a whole book left unspoken. I was sad that I did not have that next book. I can't wait till it comes out to find out how this story really ends.

Slow to start

The book for me was a slow start and had to really push through the first few chapters but now I am hooked and on to book 2.

One of the best books I've ever experienced.

I related to so much of this book. All of it. I'm so happy to have been told about this series.

Not bad fantasy, but leaves you hanging

This is pretty standard fantasy as written by a woman, more witches than dragons and written by a capable author. Its a bit twisted as the audio sample clearly shows but for the genre its fairly mild. Note if you are not familiar with the genre than this doesn't mean mild, read pg 13 to R. If you get into it be prepared to at least get the next book because this one doesn't really end, just leaves you hanging and somewhat annoyed. Maybe I was just annoyed because I hadn't bought the next book in the series yet.
The narrator reads well and is not annoying in any way. A few mispronounced words.
Overall I'd say the audiobook is quite good but not great, and a lot better than most of the crud flooding the genre.