The Name of All Things

By: Jenn Lyons

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Dan Bittner, Lauren Fortgang

Length: 25 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

"Everything epic fantasy should be: rich, cruel, gorgeous, brilliant, enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it." (Lev Grossman on The Ruin of Kings)

You can have everything you want if you sacrifice everything you believe.

Kihrin D'Mon is a wanted man.

Since he destroyed the Stone of Shackles and set demons free across Quur, he has been on the run from the wrath of an entire empire. His attempt to escape brings him into the path of Janel Theranon, a mysterious Joratese woman who claims to know Kihrin.

Janel's plea for help pits Kihrin against all manner of dangers: a secret rebellion, a dragon capable of destroying an entire city, and Kihrin's old enemy, the wizard Relos Var.

Janel believes that Relos Var possesses one of the most powerful artifacts in the world - the Cornerstone called the Name of All Things. And if Janel is right, then there may be nothing in the world that can stop Relos Var from getting what he wants.

And what he wants is Kihrin D'Mon.

Jenn Lyons continues the Chorus of Dragons series with The Name of All Things, the epic sequel to The Ruin of Kings

A Chorus of Dragons
1: The Ruin of Kings
2: The Name of All Things

©2019 Jennifer Williamson (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

wonderful cast a great story!

This was a really great follow up and the cast did a spectacular job, they make the story come to life!

Casey Casum had been reborn!

The story is ok, it is entertaining and I will finish. I do feel maybe so much emphasizing on explaining genders is a bit much! And the man that reads for The Priest parts, Brother Kohn, he sounds just like Casey Casum! That is the coolest part for me!

A lot of closed-minded people in the reviews

I’m glad I ignored tue bad reviews. This book is proving to be one of my new favorite series. The storytelling is fresh, the writing, the world building…. It’s really really good. I suppose if you’re any type of queerphobic you’ll have a bad time lol smh but if not, it’s an awesome universe to get lost in.

Brilliant book. Fantastic narrators.

Dragons. Witches. Prophecies. Gods. Wizards. Demons. Bandits. Firebloods. - You can all find them here.

The Name Of All Things is a brilliant second installment in the 'A Chorus of Dragons' series by the amazing Jenn Lyons. It's like an introduction to the new set of characters as they tell their adventures to Kihrin D'Mon in a tavern. Some of the characters from The Ruin Of Kings also have a minor appearance here. I love the way it was written and the humorous footnotes make this more enjoyable to read. Surely this is one of my best reads so far this year.

I love the voices of the narrators. They really added life to the book.

A fabulous continuation of the epic plot

Ignore all the negative reviews from those who can't deal with gender in a world with Dragons and talking horses. This is a fabulous continuation of the story from the prior book and ends strong.

This series is complex and layered and each book impresses me more than the last.

Though the readers changed from the prior book they are still excellent.

100% worth the read - ignore the transphobes in the reviews

I think this book is wonderful. I love the intracacies of the story as it moves along, and I love the development of the characters who are sure to be major parts of the next installments.

I was nervous about reading it because of all the negative reviews, but I loved the first so I gave it a shot anyway. The way that Lyons approaches gender in Jorat is super compelling, and I loved the ease with which most of the characters accepted it. I think it’s a cool story regardless of real life, but I do hope that some of the people who are upset by the sex/gender discussion use the exposure to positive trans-esque media to develop more informed opinions and become more accepting of people as they are.

Please stop with all the horse terminology

This was a hard read and definitely a step down for me. While the story is still intriguing and the side characters are still generally great, I found Janel to be an utterly insufferable hypocrite. She/they rages when someone else tries to "claim" her, speaking up about consent and such, but then she goes and wants to claim someone without asking their consent, treating them as an object. She literally said in the book at one point Is he claimed by someone? Yuck.
She's also all puffed up on her own self importance and likes to point out how other people are uneducated and how their culture is less then hers. Triple yuck. So it was a real chore listening to her chapters.
And knowing that she is one of the main characters for the whole series bodes badly for my enjoyment of the rest of the series. I'm worried.

On a more positive note, Senera was awesome and her sassy comments (and her awesome narrator) really helped me choke down Janel's chapters. I might even be into shipping a certain wizard couple?

Also, pretty much all of the Janel's companions/side characters were very fun to follow - Dorna and Ninavus both shined for me. And Relos Var is getting more and more intriguing.

Oh, also? All the horse terms? Please, no. It was so unpleasant and grating.

So while I am planning to continue on with the series, I probably won't be in any hurry to finish it.

Somehow not as engaging

somehow this fell flat for me when compared with the previous book.

the situation our narrator found himself in in the last book was higher stakes, and made me more invested in listening on to find out how he got there, and hearing how he would escape. but in this one it didn't feel very dangerous.

i preferred only 1 main protagonist, like in the last book, and the other PoVs often being in opposition to the protag, revealing an insight into antag's perspective & perception of protag that this book lacked.

Interesting characters

All of the characters are so well developed that I think the story could be about a collection of them taking a road trip and it would still make for a good read.

Fantastic sequel

The Name of All Things managed to be even better and more surprising than The Ruin of Kings. Readers are thrown in different directions trying to piece the story together just to have all their expectations thrown out of the window.
Now I’m even more intrigued to see what Jenn Lyons has up her sleeve.
I liked the former narrator ( the one that did Kihrin’s voice in RoK better) but the new one are good too.