The Spirit Ring, Lois McMaster Bujold
The Spirit Ring, Lois McMaster Bujold
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The Spirit Ring

Author: Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 13 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/16/2019

Synopsis

In an alternate Renaissance Italy where the church regulates magic and licenses magicians, fiery Fiametta Beneforte wants to be more than her goldsmith-mage father’s unpaid apprentice. But when the Duchy of Montefoglia is laid under military and magical siege, she unexpectedly must join with Thur Ochs, a young Swiss miner and foundryman, to tap their skills in both metalwork and necromancy to rescue her father’s soul and combat an evil sorcerer.

About Lois McMaster Bujold

Lois McMaster Bujold is one of the most honored writers in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. In 2019 she was named a Damon Knight Grand Master by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, one of science fiction’s highest honors. She has won seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. In 2011 she was awarded the Skylark Award for her significant contribution to science fiction. Hugo awards for Best Series were received by the Vorkosigan Saga in 2017, and the World of the Five Gods in 2018.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner has recorded more than 650 audiobooks since beginning his career in 1981.  He's been named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" as well as a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile magazine.  Gardner has garnered over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards and is the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist.  In 2005, Publishers Weekly deemed him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year." Gardner has also narrated hundreds of audiobooks under the names Tom Parker and Alexander Adams.  Among his many titles are Marcus Sakey's At the City's Edge, as well as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and John Irving's The Cider House Rules.  Gardner studied Theater and Art History at Rollins College and received a Master's degree in Acting from George Washington University.  He lives in Oregon with his significant other and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

I was all set to treat this as you would any consistently entertaining, young adult type fantasy novel, until you get to the scene that would probably win the category (and be the only nominee) for Best Use of Stillbirth in a Fantasy Setting. I sure as heck didn't see THAT coming. Lois Bujold gets to......more

Goodreads review by Athena

I absolutely love this deceptively simple fantasy. It takes a good look at how magic would have fared in the time of the church, renaissance era, with white magic crafters against dark users, necromancers and the like. How are women treated in this world? How does class limit someone's reach in life......more

Quotes

“Bujold continues to work at the same level that has won her five major science fiction awards…Her first fantasy…[is] as good as her fine action science fiction.” Chicago Sun-Times

“In a perfectly natural manner, Bujold incorporates the concept of magic into this crisply paced, fully developed tale.” Publishers Weekly

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