Audiobooks by Brian Staveley

"Brian Staveley, author of The Emperor's Blades, gives readers the first book in a new epic fantasy trilogy based in the world of his popular series the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, The Empire's Ruin. Best of Summer 2021—Polygon The Annurian Empire is disintegrating. The advantages it used for millennia have fallen to ruin. The ranks of the Kettral have been decimated from within, and the kenta gates, granting instantaneous travel across the vast lands of the empire, can no longer be used. In order to save the empire, one of the surviving Kettral must voyage beyond the edge of the known world through a land that warps and poisons all living things to find the nesting ground of the giant war hawks. Meanwhile, a monk turned con-artist may hold the secret to the kenta gates. But time is running out. Deep within the southern reaches of the empire and ancient god-like race has begun to stir. What they discover will change them and the Annurian Empire forever. If they can survive."

Brian Staveley (Author), Joe Jameson, Moira Quirk, Oliver Cudbill (Narrator)

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[German] - Thron der Götter - Die Thron Trilogie 3 (Ungekürzt)

"Kaiser Sanlitun ist tot, und sein Reich liegt in Trümmern: Die mächtigen Csestriim, seit jeher die tödlichsten Feinde der Menschen, sind nach Annur zurückgekehrt. Magier, die bisher nur im Verborgenen lebten, treten offen ans Tageslicht, um ihre dunklen Künste zu praktizieren, und die Alten Götter, launenhaft und tückisch, wandeln erneut auf der Erde. Während ihre Welt im Chaos zu versinken droht, versuchen Kaden, Adare und Valyn, die drei Erben Sanlituns, den Thron ihres Vaters und ihre Untertanen zu retten ..."

Brian Staveley (Author), Denis Abrahams (Narrator)

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[German] - Thron in Flammen - Die Thron Trilogie 2 (Ungekürzt)

"Seit sie herausgefunden hat, wer ihren Vater ermordet hat, ist Adare - die Tochter des annurischen Kaisers Sanlitun - auf der Flucht, der Unbehauene Thron ist ihren Feinden in die Hände gefallen. Gleichzeitig verfolgen Adares Brüder, Valyn und Kaden, ihre eigenen Pläne: Valyn geht ein Bündnis mit den verfeindeten Barbarenhorden aus dem Norden ein, und Kaden wandelt auf uralten magischen Pfaden, um das Geheimnis zu ergründen, das Annur seit Jahrhunderten vor dem Bösen beschützt. Ein Geheimnis, von dem das Schicksal der gesamten Menschheit abhängt ..."

Brian Staveley (Author), Denis Abrahams (Narrator)

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[German] - Der verlorene Thron - Die Thron Trilogie 1 (Ungekürzt)

"Als der Kaiser von Annur heimtückisch ermordet wird, geht die Verantwortung für das Reich auf seine drei Kinder über. Seit acht Jahren haben sich die Geschwister nicht mehr gesehen, denn für jeden von ihnen ist ein anderes Schicksal vorherbestimmt: Kaden, der Thronerbe, wird in einem Bergkloster, fernab vom Zugriff seiner Feinde, darauf vorbereitet zu herrschen. Valyn wird auf einer abgelegenen Insel zum Elitekrieger ausgebildet, und Adare ist die oberste Ministerin am Kaiserhof. Entschlossen, den Tod ihres Vaters zu sühnen, machen sich die drei auf die Suche nach dem Täter - nicht ahnend, dass der Mord am Kaiser erst der Beginn einer gewaltigen Intrige ist, die Annur in seinen Grundfesten erschüttern wird ..."

Brian Staveley (Author), Denis Abrahams (Narrator)

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Skullsworn

"Brian Staveley’s new standalone returns to the critically acclaimed Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne universe, following a priestess-assassin for the God of Death “Brilliant.”—V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author From the award-winning epic fantasy world of The Emperor’s Blades… Pyrre Lakatur is not, to her mind, an assassin, not a murderer—she is a priestess. At least, she will be once she passes her final trial. The problem isn’t the killing. The problem, rather, is love. For to complete her trial, Pyrre has ten days to kill the seven people enumerated in an ancient song, including “the one who made your mind and body sing with love / who will not come again.” Pyrre isn’t sure she’s ever been in love. And if she fails to find someone who can draw such passion from her, or fails to kill that someone, her order will give her to their god, the God of Death. Pyrre’s not afraid to die, but she hates to fail, and so, as her trial is set to begin, she returns to the city of her birth in the hope of finding love . . . and ending it on the edge of her sword. ''A complex and richly detailed world filled with elite soldier-assassins, mystic warrior monks, serpentine politics, and ancient secrets.''—Library Journal, starred review, on The Emperor's Blades"

Brian Staveley (Author), Elizabeth Knowelden (Narrator)

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The Last Mortal Bond

"The trilogy that began with The Emperor's Blades and continued in The Providence of Fire reaches its epic conclusion, as war engulfs the Annurian Empire in Brian Staveley's The Last Mortal BondThe ancient csestriim are back to finish their purge of humanity; armies march against the capital; leaches, solitary beings who draw power from the natural world to fuel their extraordinary abilities, maneuver on all sides to affect the outcome of the war; and capricious gods walk the earth in human guise with agendas of their own.But the three imperial siblings at the heart of it all—Valyn, Adare, and Kaden—come to understand that even if they survive the holocaust unleashed on their world, there may be no reconciling their conflicting visions of the future."

Brian Staveley (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)

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The Providence of Fire

"Brian Staveley's The Providence of Fire, the second novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, a gripping new epic fantasy series in the tradition of Brandon Sanderson and George R. R. Martin The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over. Having learned the identity of her father's assassin, Adare flees the Dawn Palace in search of allies to challenge the coup against her family. Few trust her, but when she is believed to be touched by Intarra, patron goddess of the empire, the people rally to help her retake the capital city. As armies prepare to clash, the threat of invasion from barbarian hordes compels the rival forces to unite against their common enemy. Unknown to Adare, her brother Valyn, renegade member of the empire's most elite fighting force, has allied with the invading nomads. The terrible choices each of them has made may make war between them inevitable. Between Valyn and Adare is their brother Kaden, rightful heir to the Unhewn Throne, who has infiltrated the Annurian capital with the help of two strange companions. The knowledge they possess of the secret history that shapes these events could save Annur or destroy it."

Brian Staveley (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)

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The Emperor's Blades

"Now includes special bonus content. Stay tuned after the audiobook to hear “The Last Abbot of Ashk’lan,” a short story by Brian Staveley.The emperor of Annur is dead, slain by enemies unknown. His daughter and two sons, scattered across the world, do what they must to stay alive and unmask the assassins. But each of them also has a life-path on which their father set them, destinies entangled with both ancient enemies and inscrutable gods.Kaden, the heir to the Unhewn Throne, has spent eight years sequestered in a remote mountain monastery, learning the enigmatic discipline of monks devoted to the Blank God. Their rituals hold the key to an ancient power he must master before it's too late.An ocean away, Valyn endures the brutal training of the Kettral, elite soldiers who fly into battle on gigantic black hawks. But before he can set out to save Kaden, Valyn must survive one horrific final test. At the heart of the empire, Minister Adare, elevated to her station by one of the emperor's final acts, is determined to prove herself to her people. But Adare also believes she knows who murdered her father, and she will stop at nothing - and risk everything - to see that justice is meted out."

Brian Staveley (Author), Oliver Cudbill, Simon Vance (Narrator)

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