SEVEN BLADES IN BLACK

The new epic fantasy series Grave of Empires begins with this audiobook, and narrator Daisy May Parsons provides a thrilling and immersive listening experience. The sprawling, blood-soaked story opens on a continent called the Scar, where an endless war rages between the Empire and the Revolution. The wonderfully named protagonist, Sal the Cacophony, is a prisoner of the Revolution awaiting execution. To delay death, Sal agrees to tell her captors her mysterious, revenged-fueled backstory. Parsons channels into her narration everything listeners could ask of a fantasy saga--from the epic scale and strong sense of place to the larger-than-life characters. She also delivers a breakneck pace and sounds like she's having fun with the story's frequent violence and surprising humor. A.T.N. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2019]