
Empire in Black and Gold
Shadows of the Apt, Book 1
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Ben Allen
The days of peace are over.
Empire in Black and Gold is the first instalment in the critically-acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It is a world populated by kinden – species of human that have taken on the characteristics of animals, from spiders and ants to scorpions . . .
‘Brimming with imagination’ – SciFiNow
In the Lowlands, the city states have lived in peace for decades – hailed as bastions of civilization. Yet that peace is about to end. A distant empire has been conquering neighbours with highly trained soldiers and sophisticated combat techniques. And the city states are its desirable new prize.
As the empire's armies march ever closer, only the ageing Stenwold Maker – spymaster, artificer and statesman – foresees the threat. And so it falls upon his shoulders to open the eyes of the cities’ leaders. He sees that war will sweep through their lands, destroying everything in its path.
But to warn his people, he must stay alive.
Empire in Black and Gold is followed by the second book in the Shadows of the Apt series, Dragonfly Falling.
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This book is good enough to make you switch sides and like whatever gener this is (not 100% on that really). The world is rich, the characters are round and lifelike, and the story is compelling.
Stop reading this and aquire this book so that it gets popular enough for me to buy a t-shirt in reference to it.
first scifi spiders now this masterpiece
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There are also some very distraction scene/location changes that had me rewinding to check if I missed something.
Narrator did a great job.
I liked this “world”.
Nice new world, odd pacing and distracting plot decisions
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So Good!
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Refreshing and underrated epic fantasy. Excellent narration
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Excellent story and reading.
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Master Storyteller
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Decent, original fantasy
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good book
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Novel tale with unfortunate pitfalls
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Pleasantly different
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