

The Forbidden City
Author: Deborah A. Wolf
Series: Dragon’s Legacy Series #1
Narrator: Natalie Naudus
Unabridged: 17 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/11/2019
Author: Deborah A. Wolf
Series: Dragon’s Legacy Series #1
Narrator: Natalie Naudus
Unabridged: 17 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/11/2019
Deborah A. Wolf has some personal knowledge of life as a barbarian warrior, having grown up in a wildlife refuge in Alaska. She later worked as an Arabic linguist for the US Army. Before Wolf’s formative years in Alaska, she spent some of her early years on a deserted island. She has a love of different cultures where she can use those settings to create giant monsters, as well as flora and fauna. Wolf currently lives in northern Michigan.
Natalie Naudus is one of the most beloved audiobook narrators working today and now author of her debut novel, Gay the Pray Away.
Wow! I can't believe I forgot to review this one. It is in my honorable mention of favorite books of the year. Great follow up to my favorite book of 2017. I'll leave a more thorough review once I do a quick refresher. Here's the link to my interview with Deborah Wolf The Nerd Book Review......more
A Brilliant sequel to the excellent first novel. This book builds up further upon the foundations laid by the first. Filled with action, magic, betrayal, intrigue, and suspense, it delivers a tightly plotted story layered with varied tapestries. It is beautiful, grim, and dark in equal measure. I ju......more
Wolf gave us a beautiful bud with the Dragon’s Legacy, and with the second volume she has sung the flower to bloom belladonna. Deep are the roots now, vivid and enticing the exotic petals. Poison its center, leaving readers with irregular heartbeats and staggered breaths. Much like book one, Wolf les......more
An exquisite follow up to The Dragon’s Legacy. Deborah A Wolf is quickly becoming one of my absolute favourite authors, and The Forbidden City has only further cemented my admiration for her writing. A complex fantasy novel that stands outside of stereotypical pseudo-medieval sword and sorcery, The F......more
The Forbidden City is the fantastic second book in Deborah A Wolf's Dragon's Legacy epic/high fantasy series. We pick up where we left off at the end of the first book and find out what happens next to Jian, Sulema, Hasfz Azeina and all the other POV characters from The Dragon's Legacy. I love Wolf'......more
“The outcome will be world-shattering.” New York Journal of Books on The Dragon’s Legacy
“The prose is as elegant and artful as the story is raw and bloody. This book will leave you ready for more.” Tea and Trifles
“Wolf’s lush and painterly prose is reminiscent of Jacqueline Carey, impelling the reader to savor every sight and sound and smell.” Katherine Kurtz, author of The Adept, praise for the series
“True epic fantasy … Carry you away to a world you’ll want to live in for a long, long time!” David Farland, author of The Runelords, praise for the series