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The Blinding Knife

By: Brent Weeks
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Gavin's powers are fading and his end draws near as war rages across the satrapies in the second novel of the New York Times best-selling Lightbringer series by Brent Week.

Gavin Guile is dying. He'd thought he had five years left - now he has less than one. With 50,000 refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiance who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every side. All magic in the world is running wild and threatens to destroy the Seven Satrapies. Worst of all, the old gods are being reborn, and their army of color wights is unstoppable.

The only salvation may be the brother whose freedom and life Gavin stole 16 years ago. If you loved the action and adventure of the Night Angel trilogy, you will devour this incredible epic fantasy series by Brent Weeks.

©2012 Brent Weeks (P)2012 Hachette Audio Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Historical

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2013, Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Winner

2013, PrizeName, Winner

"The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor."—The Ranting Dragon
Compelling Character Development • Unexpected Plot Twists • Immersive World-building • Emotional Storytelling
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I liked the Black Prism but the narrator was absolutely atrocious. The characters all sounded like, A the same person, B a total monotone, or C, whiny little idiots. There was nearly no differentiation between male and female characters and it was almost impossible to listen, to the point where I couldn't finish and went and bought the hard copy because I liked the story. The Blinding Knife, is as good, I think, as the Black Prism, and the narrator is astronomically better. Really a joy to listen to. I would definitely recommend this.

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I need more!! Can this series never end? Please?!?
Incredible story and an extraordinary author. I will be reading Brent Weeks books for the rest of my life, including re-reading The Night Angel Trilogy and the Lightbringer Saga over and over.

Holly $h!t!

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yay! can't wait for the third one. loved his other work and loving these too!

<3

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Brent Weeks never has disappointed. This is a very captivating story and I am on to download the next.

Fantastic

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One of best voices performers I've heard. if not THE best!

I was forced to switch from reading books to audio books after sustaining a concussion and was pleased to find how much richer the experience is. I now judge all audio performances against Simon Vance and have passed over downloading many of my favorite books because I've been spoiled by his excellence.

Amazing series & great voice performance

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I'm not sure what else they can do or take away from Gavin but he by far is the most interesting character and I think we all know who the dead man is...

Bullet to the head

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Had to finish as fast as possible, just couldn't stop listening. Would recommend grossing world and amazing magic.

engrossing

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I've been a fan of this series since it first came out and now I get to relive each moment again.

the 2nd best book series, period.

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Weeks manages to continue the telling of the story with mastery making it an absolutely beautiful and seamless transition from book 1 to book 2. It only leaves the reader thirsting for more. His magic system is one of my favorites. Very similar to Brandon Sanderson’s. From the moment I started The Black Prism this quickly became one of my favorite series of all time and this book only solidified my sentiments.

Story does not slow down from the first book!

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I loved the characters in the story, draws you in, so many great moments. And would so love to be able to play 9 Kings. I hope the rumors are true and Brent is able to make it into a real card game,
that would be fantastic.

Loved it, characters and the story!

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