The Tower of Living and Dying

Empires of Dust, Book 2

De: Anna Smith Spark

Narrado por: Colin Mace, Meriel Rosenkranz

King of ruin. King of dust and shadows. King of death. He will rule all. The King is coming.

Marith Altrersyr - father-killer, dragonlord, leader of the blood-soaked Amrath Army - is keeping his promises. He is determined to become King of all Irlast and take back the seat of his ancestors.

Only Thalia, once high priestess of the Lord of Living and Dying, the holiest woman in the Empire, might stop Marith and his army’s deadly march. But she is torn between two destinies - and if she was to return home, what would she find there? A city on the brink of ruin: diseased, despairing, dying?

Crawling through a tunnel deep under the ruins of her city, Landra Relast vows vengeance. Her family has been burned, her home destroyed, and now Marith - once her betrothed - must die.

But as Landra cuts through the wasteland left in the wake of Marith’s army, she finds that she is not the only one who wishes him ill....

©2018 Anna Smith Spark (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Anna Smith Spark is a dynamic new voice in the field of grimly baroque fantasy, a knowing and witty provisioner of the Grand Guignol, a cheerful undertaker strolling across the graveyard and beckoning you to admire her newest additions." (Scott Lynch)

"With dagger-sharp dialogue and character-driven narrative, this is a dazzling, blood-spattered sequel that howls like early Moorcock, then converses like the best of Le Guin." (Daily Mail)

"Spark’s world is gritty and vivid, populated at every turn with richly drawn characters. With a plot that twists through serpentine intrigues, Spark’s series fascinates and entertains, showing no sign of middle-book sag as Marith and company careen toward a terrible destiny." (Publishers Weekly)

A bit of a slog

The narrator does a great job, but the writing style - repetition of words, lack of pronouns, run on sentences - really drags on after two books of this. The second half definitely picks up, but damn, no likeable characters.