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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City

By: K. J. Parker
Narrated by: Ray Sawyer
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K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it.

A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all.

To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more experience with bridge-building than battles, is a cheat and a liar, and has a serious problem with authority. He is, in other words, perfect for the job.

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and sufferings of great men may never be forgotten.

©2019 K. J. Parker (P)2019 Orbit Action & Adventure Classics Fantasy Historical Military
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I think the story was inventive and clever. Imagine, using engineering and teamwork instead of magic to solve your problems. I would recommend the first book just because of how unique it is.

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Awesome book and this reader makes the book more lively with such a classic voice

Great performance

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Read Erikson if you want actual military drama.(Malazan book of the Fallen) If you’re engineer, but an actual one I’m not talking software engineer here (y’all are developers with no license), you’ll find some passages relatable. Overall the main character is a sad boy channeling “oh no I don’t wanna be here”. There is plenty anachronisms and don’t even get me started on the narrator who can’t decide on how to pronounce Falstinus or Aichma. Solid 3/5. Could be so much better.

Great setting but self defeatist.

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