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The Lord of Castle Black

Book Two of the Viscount of Adrilankha

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The Lord of Castle Black

By: Steven Brust
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
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With his best-selling novel The Phoenix Guards, Steven Brust took readers to a time a thousand years before the events of his popular Vlad Taltos novels. Its sequel, Five Hundred Years After, was hailed by Science Fiction Chronicle as the best fantasy novel of the year.

Now Brust has returned to the Khaavren epic, first with last year's The Paths of the Dead, and now with its direct continuation, The Lord of Castle Black, a novel that gives Vlad Taltos and Khaavren fans alike a new look at one of Brust's most popular characters, the Dragonlord Morrolan. Along the way, we'll also encounter swordplay, intrigues, quests, battles, romance, snappy dialogue, and the missing heir to the Imperial Throne. It's an old-fashioned adventure, moving at a 21st-century pace.

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It was great to get into this series after being (very) familiar with the Taltos tales. I wish this series was as long as Vlad's.

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Brust's writing combined with Stillwell's reading makes this latest entry a true delight for the listener

Continuing perfection this latest entry is well wo

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Still told in the fun eccentric way of the kaavaren romances, it’s a slow pitter patter of discussion but let the complex nothingness of language wash over you. It’s a great story and fun journey.

Learn the origin of Morrolan andcastle black

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Entertaining bits, including interesting character development and the history of the reestablishment of the empire by Zerika. The affected writing style is still mostly entertaining, though certain of the rhetorical devices begin to wear with repetition. The plot is a bit too scattered for complete coherence, with rapid shifts between many viewpoint characters. And while this is (according to the "author") intended to be part 2 of a single book, it ends on a series of cliffhangers that rather decrease the impact of the story.

Entertaining, but not one of Brust's better books.

Middle Book

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