The Ruin of Kings, Jenn Lyons
The Ruin of Kings, Jenn Lyons
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The Ruin of Kings

Author: Jenn Lyons

Narrator: Feodor Chin, Soneela Nankani, Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 27 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019


Synopsis

"Everything epic fantasy should be: rich, cruel, gorgeous, brilliant, enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it."—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians

Jenn Lyons begins the Chorus of Dragons series with The Ruin of Kings, an epic fantasy audiobook about a man who discovers his fate is tied to the future of an empire.

When destiny calls, there's no fighting back.

Kihrin grew up in the slums of Quur, a thief and a minstrel's son raised on tales of long-lost princes and magnificent quests. When he is claimed against his will as the missing son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds himself at the mercy of his new family's ruthless power plays and political ambitions.

Practically a prisoner, Kihrin discovers that being a long-lost prince is nothing like what the storybooks promised. The storybooks have lied about a lot of other things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, and how the hero always wins.

Then again, maybe he isn't the hero after all. For Kihrin is not destined to save the world.

He's destined to destroy it.

"A trio of talented narrators tackles the first book in a new fantasy series centered on a man who is destined to destroy an empire...the trio complement each other and elevate an unconventional story filled with intense world-building and vivid characters." —AudioFile Magazine

About Jenn Lyons

Twice-nominated Astounding Award finalist JENN LYONS lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, her cats and a nearly infinite number of opinions on anything from Sumerian mythology to the correct way to make a martini. After spending thirty years working as a graphic artist, art director, and video game producer (in that order), Lyons now spends her days writing fantasy. She traces her geek roots back to playing first edition Dungeons & Dragons in grade school—a passion she’s continued as an adult—as well as pursuing whatever craft or skill she’s obsessed with this week: pyrography, beadwork, stenography, furniture upholstery, etc. Her five book epic fantasy series, A Chorus of Dragons, begins with The Ruin of Kings.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik

ARC provided by the publisher—Tor Books—in exchange for an honest review. Convoluted and complex are probably understatements, but I don’t have any other words to describe the main attributes of this debut. For those of you who don’t know, The Ruin of Kings have been the fantasy debut that Tor has be......more

Goodreads review by Becca

As someone who loves a hard, defined magic system and concrete worldbuilding, I shouldn't have really liked this. We have two unreliable narrators throughout the bulk giving conflicting information on the magic and history and the characters are a mess of reincarnations, Gods, God Kings, people who......more

Have you ever been to denial town? Currently visiting and it sucks.... The Ruin of Kings has been on my radar ever since it was announced in 2018 being compared to Joe Abercrombie (one of my favorite authors), Patrick Rothfuss, and Brandon Sanderson. It sounded so good - a heavy dose of epic fantasy......more

Goodreads review by James

We did this (myself and Emma) as a combined review for Fantasy Book Review which can be seen here. [URL not allowed] These were my thoughts following on from what Emma had already written. I received a limited edition proof copy of The Ruin of Kings in exchange for an honest rev......more


Quotes

“It was one hell of a ride. I gobbled it up and was hungry for more.”—Glen Cook, author of The Black Company

"The Ruin of Kings revs up with the glitz of a high-speed, multi-level video game, with extreme magic and a teen hero with angst."—Janny Wurts, author of The Curse of the Mistwraith


Awards

  • Library Journal Best Books of the Year
  • Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year