The Grief of Stones

Book Two of the Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy

De: Katherine Addison

Narrado por: Liam Gerrard

Locus Awards - Nominee, Short-listed

"The audiobook narrated by Liam Gerrard perfectly captures Celehar’s voice."—Buzzfeed on The Grief of Stones

In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct sequel to The Witness For The Dead...

Celehar’s life as the Witness for the Dead of Amalo grows less isolated as his circle of friends grows larger. He has been given an apprentice to teach, and he has stumbled over a scandal of the city—the foundling girls. Orphans with no family to claim them and no funds to buy an apprenticeship. Foundling boys go to the Prelacies; foundling girls are sold into service, or worse.

At once touching and shattering, Celehar’s witnessing for one of these girls will lead him into the depths of his own losses.

The love of his friends will lead him out again.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

©2022 Katherine Addison (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

if you enjoyed Witness for the Dead, you'll like

I'm looking forward to listening to this many times in the coming months and years. each of Katherine Addisons books only get better the more you listen. very glad I pre-ordered.

Another Good One

this one is definitely stronger than Whitness, which while good, has some moments. This is one of those stories that I really wish would get brought to the small screen to get some more and I would love to see the world, which is even further expanded here and is simply wonderful. Can't wait for the next one.

Fantastic book

I loved it and was sad when it finished. The narrator is really talented and engaging

superb piece of a brilliant series

The narrator should have hold back with the sore throat voices for the mc, despite this little inconvenience it is a superb piece of a brilliant series. I am in love with the world / language/ characters.

Good reminders

As always with Katherine Addision, wonderful world building and characters, and a good mystery. In addition, excellent life lessons about resiliency, the nature of justice, self care, and grief are to be found!

Thara Celehar at his best and worst!

I will read anything in the world of The Goblin Emperor and had The Grief of Stones on pre-order the day it became available. I personally enjoyed this book even moreso than The Witness for the Dead. It picks up almost exactly where Witness left off, and many of the characters from Witness come back in The Grief of Stones; if you have not recently read The Witness for the Dead, a refresher read would be very helpful. The plot for this one seemed clearer than in Witness, and the some of the "side quest" stories were very funny and lighthearted, which helped to keep the story from becoming too heavy. Katherine Addison (Sarah Monette) is a master of prose, with beautiful descriptions and clever turns of phrase. Liam Gerrard is again excellent as Celehar, and his dry wit works very well with Addison's straight-man humor. His rasp as Celehar is not grating, and while not all of his voices are completely distinguished from one another vocally, his main characters at least are distinct and well-characterized. Celehar has his ups and downs (some of his downs being pretty rock bottom), but he never fails to be a truly marvelous character and diligent detective in his search for the truth. The ending is solid, though set up very well for what I hope will be a third Thara Celehar book. I know I will be eagerly anticipating it!

I could read a million of these

Magic, social justice, opera, murder, public transportation, great narration, what more can you ask for? Just as good as the last one.

beautiful writing, performed with grace

excellent. beautiful writing, performed with grace. cathartic. bla bla bla bla bla she Doobie do.

The Witness Sleuth

You might think that a detective story would lack surprises if the dead can just tell you who murdered them. You would be wrong. Katherine Addison’s Cemeteries of Amalo once again proves that hearing the last thoughts of the dead is only the first step toward justice. A beautifully written and perfectly narrated fantasy-crime detective story for those enchanted by a steampunk world of elves, goblins, and gods who confer magical skills.

Perfect Narrator

another banger from Katherine Addison, loved the thread of grief throughout the whole story. not just Kelehar's grief, but the theme of grief itself