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Clockwork Boys
- Clocktaur War, Book 1
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It's not the start of a joke, but rather an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. T. Kingfisher's new novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals (and a scholar), thrown together in an attempt to unravel the secret of the Clockwork Boys, mechanical soldiers from a neighboring kingdom that promise ruin to the Dowager's city.
If they succeed, rewards and pardons await, but that requires a long journey through enemy territory, directly into the capital. It also requires them to refrain from killing each other along the way! At turns darkly comic and touching, Clockwork Boys puts together a broken group of people trying to make the most of the rest of their lives as they drive forward on their suicide mission.
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- Xiao-Jia Ng
- 26-07-19
Does not shame the author's ancestors
A great story, touching and funny. the performance adds a great touch with the demonic gibbering.
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- daniel
- 28-07-19
Great first part, but short.
Was surprised at the length of book 1 but enjoyed enough that I've already bought book 2
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- A Reader
- 19-05-23
Fun fantasy road trip
I had read and enjoyed the duology comprising this book and its sequel The Wonder Engine before listening to this audio book, so was already a fan of the story and the author. It’s a thrilling tale of an adventuring party of unlikely but likeable companions who set out on a suicide mission to an enemy city, with plenty of snark, humour, danger, romance and even some horror thrown in. Khristine Hvam’s characterful performance adds hugely to the tale, with distinctive and convincing voices for the characters, including what is now for me the definitive gnole voice that I miss when listening to other T Kingfisher books read by other actors. (Gnoles are intelligent, badger-like people who inhabit Kingfisher’s world of the White Rat, into which this I believe this book is the first foray.) Highly recommended!
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- welshwitch
- 01-07-23
Already bought book 2
T Kingfisher is amazing. I was going to buy book 2 with a credit but realised it’s cheaper to get the kindle and audio attached. I’ll definitely read again. Superb narration too.
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- P. Clementson
- 09-09-23
Clock work boys
A friend pointed me in it’s direction and I am glad they did. A nice mix of fantasy and humour stitched together with a good story.
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- K_sde
- 21-05-23
Excellent imagination
I'm late 40s, but I love T Kingfishers' imagination. All the details, it's the closest I've found to compare with Harry Potter series for imagination and creativity. I found the tale so well written that I went off and purchased the second before even finishing the first.
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- Liselotte F.
- 08-02-24
Fun story
A fun story with likeble characters, i really like the tit bits of world buidling we get and the book had me laughing more then a few times.
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- BarbaraM
- 24-07-21
Disappointing
Slapstick and juvenile. You can’t trust reviews unless you know who is doing the reviewing. I am guessing younger Teens who enjoy the snarky and superficial. This is obviously the first part of a serialised tale. Everything was left mysteriously unfinished and unexplained. The narrator has an unfortunately whiny voice, perhaps trying to have the characters sound like moaning teenagers, but I found it unpleasant.
I won’t be looking for any more of this authors work.
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