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Theft of Swords

Riyria Revelations, Volume 1

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Theft of Swords

By: Michael J. Sullivan
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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Audie Award Nominee, Fantasy, 2013

Acclaimed author Michael J. Sullivan created instant best sellers with his spellbinding Riyria Revelations series. This first volume introduces Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater, two enterprising thieves who end up running for their lives when they’re framed for the death of the king. Trapped in a conspiracy bigger than they can imagine, their only hope is unraveling an ancient mystery - before it’s too late.

Theft of Swords contains The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha, books 1 and 2 of Riyria Revelations.

©2011 Michael J. Sullivan (P)2012 Recorded Books, LLC Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical

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Having picked up The Jester on Audible, simply because it was free, I had to get the full story. I was instantly hooked and loved the two main characters and had to find out more. The Theft of Swords contains the first two books of the six part series and they lived up to my expectations of a great story, and more! Highly recommended if you enjoy fantasy/action and read brilliantly. Now I can't wait to get the rest!

Brilliant!

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Loved this story. So well read and the characters so believable. I have already read this set in book form but hearing them, i learn even more about the characters. Michael sullivan an excellent writer snd Tim an excellent reader

A well balanced book

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I have over 300 audible titles and I have to say that the narration and performance of this book is one of the best I've heard. It's a compelling universe with a great story and awesome characters. I can't wait for a sequel.

GOOD BOOK

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An excellent start to this series. Full of interesting characters. Looking forward to the next book in the series. Worth a credit.

Excellent

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Loved the story and narration. Was looking for something after first law series. Found this amazing author

Amazing story & narration

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Reread 2024
Just to freshen up memory, I went back into the first two books of the Riyria Revelations to get back into the story and also to see how I react to the story now, more than a year later.

The story holds. It is still very much engaging, entertaining and the stakes are high and, you cannot beat the banter between our two main characters, who are, we know from the beginning destined for great deeds (or not).


Review 2023
Having read a more recent release by Michael J. Sullivan first, I was unsure how I would like his earlier books.

However, when I started to listen to Theft of Swords I got so quickly absorbed into the world and the events, in the end, I blasted through this bind up that holds the first two books in the Riyria Revelations..

It was entertaining, scary, amazing and it holds such an amazing bunch of characters. Yes, I would say, Theft of Swords is that good.

Thank you for writing these books, Michael J. Sullivan.

And Tim Gerard Reynolds does an amazing job with narrating. It is a treat to listen to the audiobook.

It still holds

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Firstly, let me clarify that I rarely - if ever - give 5* reviews. I like to have somewhere to go if next week I hear a better book so four stars should be treated as an "excellent".

Michael J Sullivan's work is a joy to listen to, especially since Tim Gerard Reynolds does such a good job on it. There are a couple of errors but nothing that slightly better editing wouldn't have fixed and he has instantly shot into my list of favourite readers, alongside people such as Steven Pacey and Toby Longworth. The stories in this volume hit all the right fantasy tropes without overusing any or feeling too cliched and the characterisations are interesting and well rounded. I like the heroes and loathe the villains just as I'm obviously supposed to. The stories motor along reasonably well and there are just enough twists to stop them getting predictable and dull. Overall an enjoyable, workmanlike performance from both writer and narrator.

My review title said this was a joy to gamers and I stand by that. If there are any role-players reading this review then I urge you to buy this audiobook, you'll not find another book which feels more like a game session. The heroes act like PCs, the better PCs at least, and this is a grand inspiration to have playing while you write up plot for something like Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder or even Rolemaster.

As a final note, congratulations to the narrator for not having the dwarf speak with a cod Scottish accent, I never understood that. Tolkein's dwarves were obviously Welsh in inspiration and yet there is an inexplicable trend to make dwarfs Scottish. I am very glad that doesn't occur here.

Excellent book and a joy for gamers.

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I liked this book so much I downloaded the next ones in the series to follow on with. I thought the two main characters were interesting and had room for development in further books. This is not as good as Joe Abercrombie in my opinion but that could have been the narrator. I liked Tim Gerard Reynolds narration of Red Rising, but felt that he was wrong for this book. I got used to him but I think his voice lacked the characterisation needed to carry this off well.
This is a good solid fantasy series to get stuck into but it's no Patrick Rothfuss or Joe Abercrombie. This is not going to stop me from listening to all of his stuff though!

Solid Fantasy

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Nothing it was a good story with an interesting plot and believable characters looking forward to the next one

Well narrated

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now that gotrik and Felix books are finished I think these are my new favourite bad asses worth listening too

two cool dudes kicking ass

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