Ship of Smoke and Steel, Django Wexler
Ship of Smoke and Steel, Django Wexler
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Ship of Smoke and Steel

Author: Django Wexler

Narrator: Catherine Ho

Unabridged: 13 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/22/2019


Synopsis

Ship of Smoke and Steel is the launch of Django Wexler's cinematic, action-packed epic fantasy Wells of Sorcery trilogy.

In the lower wards of Kahnzoka, the great port city of the Blessed Empire, eighteen-year-old ward boss Isoka enforces the will of her criminal masters with the power of Melos, the Well of Combat. The money she collects goes to keep her little sister living in comfort, far from the bloody streets they grew up on.

When Isoka's magic is discovered by the government, she's arrested and brought to the Emperor's spymaster, who sends her on an impossible mission: steal Soliton, a legendary ghost ship—a ship from which no one has ever returned.

If she fails, her sister’s life is forfeit.

On board Soliton, nothing is as simple as it seems. Isoka tries to get close to the ship's mysterious captain, but to do it she must become part of the brutal crew and join their endless battles against twisted creatures. She doesn't expect to have to contend with feelings for a charismatic fighter who shares her combat magic, or for a fearless princess who wields an even darker power.

About Django Wexler

Django Wexler graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in creative writing and computer science, and worked for the university in artificial intelligence research. Eventually he migrated to Microsoft in Seattle, where he now lives with two cats and a teetering mountain of books. When not writing, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on September 15, 2022

First, the caveat. I've met Django Wexler several times and found him to be a nice person. NIce enough and interesting enough that I went out and bought his book. Uh, several years ago. The thing is, books migrate in my house. Sometimes they go to Kat's house, or wander off with a grand-daughter, or......more

Goodreads review by Scott on June 07, 2019

If you're a fan of dark YA such as Nevernight, The Young Elites, Hope and Red or others you'll enjoy this. Or if you simply like Wexler's other works. There's definitely a lot of tried and true YA tropes but the writing is so solid, the characters enjoyable and the world interesting in a Senlin Asce......more

Goodreads review by Django on January 23, 2019

So excited to finally get to share this everyone! I hope you all have as much fun with it as I did.......more

Goodreads review by Jessi (Novel Heartbeat) on January 17, 2020

This book wasn't even on my radar until I picked up a free ARC at YALLfest, and it sounded super intriguing so I thought I'd give it a go. I also thought for some reason it was an Asian fantasy (it is sooo not), so I was excited to read it. I hadn't heard much about it, either, so I didn't know......more

Goodreads review by Niki Hawkes on October 16, 2019

[3.5/5 stars] I love it when high fantasy authors transition to YA. Their stories are always much more robust than other books in the genre because they’re used to creating expansive worlds, complex characters, and detailed plots for their audience. Wexler didn’t dumb things down, but he did pull a f......more