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“It was a trap after all,” Alric said. He turned to Royce. “My apologies for doubting your sound paranoia.”

Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2) by Michael J. Sullivan

June 1, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was fun! It was a plot-forward fantasy adventure story, and even though we’ve seen many of these plots before in different configurations, I think because I haven’t read a lot of plotty adventure fantasy in the past several years, it felt fresh to me. Also, it’s just a really well done version of this type of story. I will definitely be continuing in the series. Okay, but Theft of Swords! Which is a bind-up of the first two books in The Riyria Revelations (The Crown […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, audiobooks, Avempartha, bind-ups, capers, epic fantasy, heists, Michael J. Sullivan, narfna, The Crown Conspiracy, The Riyria Revelations, Theft of Swords, Tim Gerard Reynolds

narfna's CBR15 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, audiobooks, Avempartha, bind-ups, capers, epic fantasy, heists, Michael J. Sullivan, narfna, The Crown Conspiracy, The Riyria Revelations, Theft of Swords, Tim Gerard Reynolds ·
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The Riyria Revelations Series (Books #1-6)

The Riyria Revelations (Books 1-6) by Michael J. Sullivan

January 7, 2021 by LurkeyTurkey 1 Comment

Well, first review of the year, and this is a doozy!  It’s kind of impossible to attempt to divide out all 6 books, so I’ll do this in a combined post.  I did consume this series via audiobook, and the fantastic narrator (combined with the tasks of taking down Christmas, laundry, holiday chore catch up), made the time sail by, hence all 6 at once.  🙂 The basic plot is this:  Two men are brought together by a wise scholar for an impossible heist.  Royce […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Michael J. Sullivan

LurkeyTurkey's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Michael J. Sullivan ·
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