The House of Binding Thorns, Aliette de Bodard
The House of Binding Thorns, Aliette de Bodard
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The House of Binding Thorns
A Dominion of the Fallen Novel

Author: Aliette de Bodard

Narrator: Peter Kenny

Unabridged: 14 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2017

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it, the great Houses of Paris, ruled by fallen angels, still contest one another for control over the capital.House Silverspires was once the most powerful, but just as it sought to rise again, an ancient evil brought it low. Phillippe, an immortal who escaped the carnage, has a singular goal—to resurrect someone he lost. But the cost of such magic might be more than he can bear.In House Hawthorn, Madeleine the alchemist has had her addiction to angel essence savagely broken. Struggling to live on, she is forced on a perilous diplomatic mission to the underwater dragon kingdom—and finds herself in the midst of intrigues that have already caused one previous emissary to mysteriously disappear.As the Houses seek a peace more devastating than war, those caught between new fears and old hatreds must find strength—or fall prey to a magic that seeks to bind all to its will.

About Aliette de Bodard

Aliette de Bodard is an award-winning author. Her novellette Children of Thorns, Children of Water was a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award. She is a half-French, half-Vietnamese computer and history geek who lives in Paris and has a special interest in ancient non-Western civilizations, particularly those of Vietnam, China, and Mesoamerica.

About Peter Kenny

Peter Kenny, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a talented and experienced actor, voice-over artist, singer, musician, and designer, with over twenty-five years of experience working in theater, film, television, and audio. He has achieved great critical acclaim for multicharacter recordings of audiobooks by authors such as Iain Banks, Christopher Priest, and Edmund St Aubyn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on April 09, 2018

4.5 stars for this current Hugo award-nominate novelette, free online here at Uncanny magazine. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature: This novelette is set in the same world as de Bodard’s 2015 novel The House of Shattered Wings, an alternative history type of novel set in the late 20th century......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on April 12, 2018

'18 Hugo nom for the shorter works. I read the first novel in this series and bounced off from it, unfortunately. Picking up this in-between tale before the next novel was pretty fine, tho. Lots of action. Still not caring too much about the characters or the house too much, but the basic idea was ok......more

Goodreads review by imyril on June 19, 2020

Any book that has me struggling not to squeak on public transport and then has me nearly miss my bus stop is going to get a big thumbs-up. I loved Aliette de Bodard’s introduction to her vision of a blasted, magic-torn Paris in The House of Shattered Wings and I delighted in the chance to return to......more


Quotes

“Having fully crafted her world, de Bodard is now completely in control…and she sure-handedly holds the reader.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Aliette de Bodard is one of the hottest things in SF right now.” Elizabeth Bear, author of Steles of the Sky

“A writer who deserves attention.” SF Signal


Awards

  • Amazon Best Book of the Month