The Burning Stone, Kate Elliott
The Burning Stone, Kate Elliott
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The Burning Stone

Author: Kate Elliott

Narrator: Shiromi Arserio

Unabridged: 32 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/05/2021


Synopsis

It is a crucial time in the war-torn kingdoms of Wendar and Varre, a moment when even one wrong decision can tilt the balance of events into total disaster. For Sanglant—King Henry's son—and Liath—the woman he loves—the offer of both a haven from their enemies and the chance for Liath to study the ancient lore with those who claim her as their own, seems like the answer they have been seeking. But no place can truly be safe for them. Both their lives and their love will be at risk when they are forced to choose which pathway each will follow—lured by the equally strong demands of politics, forbidden knowledge, and family.

Liath, born with a dangerous power beyond her control, is torn between her longing for Sanglant and the child they are about to have and the call of sorcery, which can open the way into the land of the Aoi, the Lost Ones. And even as Liath struggles with magic's seductive spell, Sanglant's Aoi mother returns to the mortal world, seeking the son she abandoned as a babe.

As the fates of kingdoms shift with the changing fortunes of those caught up in the dangers of both civil war and continuing attacks by the nonhuman Eika and the Quman invaders, time is running out for Liath, Sanglant, King Henry, and the people of Wendar and Varre.

About Kate Elliott

Kate Elliott is the author of more than twenty-five works of fantasy and science fiction, including a YA fantasy trilogy (begun with Court of Fives), the acclaimed science fiction novel Jaran, and a short fiction collection, The Very Best of Kate Elliott. Born in Oregon, she now lives in Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Allison on February 18, 2017

This started out as a 5-star, couldn't put it down, book. It gave me just what I had been looking for in book 2. Then... well, sprawl set in. Plot threads multiplied, and complications began breeding. This is good. This is complex. But as the sprawl unfolded before me, I found myself wishing for a t......more

Goodreads review by Allison on March 05, 2022

Wow. This was...not good. It undid all the work and character building in the first two books and used infodumps about the worldbuilding in lieu of story. A full ten hours of this 32 hour audiobook is either from the POV of women trying not to get raped or men trying very hard not to be rapists. Ther......more

Goodreads review by James on July 20, 2024

3 for 3! Wow. Wow. Wow. The Burning Stone dazzles in this amazingly epic series. Delivering the same seductive and exciting intrigue as its predecessors. It’s not an easy read series but is worth all the attention you need to give it. This is such a fleshed out world with political divides, scheming......more

Goodreads review by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship on October 23, 2016

I am continuing to enjoy this series, which deserves more attention than it’s gotten. Come on, it has everything you’d want from epic fantasy: intricate plotting on an epic scale, several major threats coming from different directions, battles that can and do go either way, complex political situati......more

Goodreads review by Andye.Reads on February 08, 2025

4.5 stars (the following are notes from my buddy read so not necessarily in normal review format) I liked this one better than book 2 but not quite as much as the first book. It was lacking a little bit of the emotional pull that the first book had. But it added so much to the world building, lore, ma......more