The Red-Stained Wings

Name: The Red-Stained Wings
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Bear
ISBN: 9781980006534

Author: Elizabeth Bear

Series: Lotus Kingdoms #2

Narrator: Rendah Heywood

Unabridged: 14 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/28/2019

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic

Synopsis

Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to the epic fantasy world of the Lotus Kingdoms with The Red-Stained Wings, the sequel to The Stone in the Skull, taking the Gage into desert lands under a deadly sky to answer the riddle of the Stone in the Skull. The Gage and the Dead Man brought a message from the greatest wizard of Messaline to the ruling queen of Sarathai, one of the Lotus Kingdoms. But the message was a riddle, and the Lotus Kingdoms are at war.

About Elizabeth Bear

Elizabeth Bear was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction, a Sturgeon Award, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. She is the author of the acclaimed Eternal Sky series, the Edda of Burdens series, and coauthor (with Sarah Monette) of the Iskryne series. Bear lives in Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

The slow burn from the previous novel flared up into a raging fire in this one, proving, at least to me, that these books probably shouldn't have been split up in the first place. And now that I've read this middle book, I'm certain I'll want to read all three in a row. Good news, everyone! It's all......more

Goodreads review by Judy

Oh My Goodness, this book was amazing. The imagination shown by Elizabeth Bear in filling out this world kept me tied to the story even when I wasn't reading. The four principal characters are separated into different aspects of what is happening throughout the Lotus Kingdoms and all four of those c......more

Goodreads review by John

So this book is fine A bit of gene wolfe’s strange fantasy world…but not too much…a bit of world building and a lot of empathy for the characters…and some humor…and an engaging iron man But not much happens and the Gage’s repugnance at slavery seems off putting and out of place for any faux medievalis......more

Goodreads review by Joseph

This is very much the middle book of a trilogy, so I don't have much to say about it except that I loved revisiting this world and spending more time with these characters, and I can't wait for volume 3.......more