Anthony Ryan has 21 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 10 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.9★ across 773 ratings. The most-rated is Blood Song.
Blood Song
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From "a new master storyteller" comes the beginning of an epic fantasy saga of blood, honor, and destiny.... The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm. Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of 10 when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order. The Brothers of the Sixth Order are devoted to battle, and Vaelin will be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate, and dangerous life of a Warrior of the Faith. He has no family now save the Order. Vaelin’s father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the unified realm. Vaelin’s rage at being deprived of his birthright and dropped at the doorstep of the Sixth Order like a foundling knows no bounds. He cherishes the memory of his mother, and what he will come to learn of her at the Order will confound him. His father, too, has motives that Vaelin will come to understand. But one truth overpowers all the rest: Vaelin Al Sorna is destined for a future he has yet to comprehend. A future that will alter not only the realm, but the world.
©2013 Anthony Ryan (P)2013 Penguin Audio
Tower Lord
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Vaelin Al Sorna, warrior of the Sixth Order, called Darkblade, called Hope Killer. The greatest warrior of his day, and witness to the greatest defeat of his nation: King Janus' vision of a Greater Unified Realm drowned in the blood of brave men fighting for a cause Vaelin alone knows was forged from a lie. Sick at heart, he comes home, determined to kill no more. Named Tower Lord of the Northern Reaches by King Janus's grateful heir, he can perhaps find peace in a colder, more remote land far from the intrigues of a troubled Realm. But those gifted with the blood-song are never destined to live a quiet life. Many died in King Janus' wars, but many survived, and Vaelin is a target, not just for those seeking revenge but for those who know what he can do. The Faith has been sundered, and many have no doubt who their leader should be. The new King is weak, but his sister is strong. The blood-song is powerful, rich in warning and guidance in times of trouble, but is only a fraction of the power available to others who understand more of its mysteries. Something moves against the Realm, something that commands mighty forces, and Vaelin will find to his great regret that when faced with annihilation, even the most reluctant hand must eventually draw a sword.
©2014 Anthony Ryan (P)2014 Penguin Audio
Queen of Fire
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In the thrilling conclusion to the "deftly and originally executed" (Booklist) New York Times best-selling trilogy, Vaelin Al Sorna must help his queen reclaim her realm. Only his enemy has a dangerous new collaborator, one with powers darker than Vaelin has ever encountered. "The Ally is there, but only ever as a shadow, unexplained catastrophe, or murder committed at the behest of a dark, vengeful spirit. Sorting truth from myth is often a fruitless task." After fighting back from the brink of death, Queen Lyrna is determined to repel the invading Volarian army and regain the independence of the Unified Realm. Except to accomplish her goals, she must do more than rally her loyal supporters. She must align herself with forces she once found repugnant - those who possess the strange and varied gifts of the Dark - and take the war to her enemy's doorstep. Victory rests on the shoulders of Vaelin Al Sorna, now named battle lord of the realm. However, his path is riddled with difficulties. For the Volarian enemy has a new weapon on their side, one that Vaelin must destroy if the realm is to prevail - a mysterious Ally with the ability to grant unnaturally long life to her servants. And defeating one who cannot be killed is a nearly impossible feat, especially when Vaelin's blood-song, the mystical power that has made him the epic fighter he is, has gone ominously silent.
©2015 Anthony Ryan (P)2015 Penguin Audio
The Wolf's Call
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VAELIN AL SORNA RETURNS Anthony Ryan's debut novel Blood Song - the first book of the Raven's Shadow series - took the fantasy world by storm. Now, he continues that saga with The Wolf's Call, which begins a thrilling new story of razor-sharp action and epic adventure. Peace never lasts. Vaelin Al Sorna is a living legend, his name known across the Realm. It was his leadership that overthrew empires, his blade that won hard-fought battles - and his sacrifice that defeated an evil more terrifying than anything the world had ever seen. He won titles aplenty, only to cast aside his earned glory for a quiet life in the Realm's northern reaches. Yet whispers have come from across the sea - rumours of an army called the Steel Horde, led by a man who believes himself a god. Vaelin has no wish to fight another war, but when he learns that Sherin, the woman he lost long ago, has fallen into the Horde's grasp, he resolves to confront this powerful new threat. To this end, Vaelin travels to the realms of the Merchant Kings, a land ruled by honor and intrigue. There, as the drums of war thunder across kingdoms riven by conflict, Vaelin learns a terrible truth: that there are some battles that even he may not be strong enough to win.
©2019 Anthony Ryan (P)2019 Penguin Audio
La Voix du sang
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Vaelin Al Sorna, héros légendaire du Royaume Unifié, accomplit son dernier voyage. Sur le navire qui l'emmène vers sa condamnation, il raconte à un jeune chroniqueur impérial les événements qui l’ont conduit à cette tragique conclusion. Vaelin aurait dû succéder à son père, le célèbre Seigneur de Guerre, mais il était promis à un autre destin. Confronté dès l'enfance au quotidien rude d'un combattant de la Foi, il n'aura désormais pour seule famille que l'Ordre qui l'a recueilli dans ses rangs. C'est là, entre les maîtres sans pitié et les épreuves initiatiques mortelles, qu'il se liera à vie à ses frères d'armes, et à celle qu'il n'a pas le droit d'approcher. Devenu le fer de lance d'un royaume gouverné par le sang, Vaelin est redouté sur tous les champs de bataille. Mais c'est pourtant son humanité qui fera de lui à la fois un héros et un traître...
©2014 Bragelonne (P)2016 Hardigan
The Black Song
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A matchless warrior is pitted against a near-God in the second epic installment of the Raven's Blade series. It has long been our lot in life, brother, to do what others can’t. Vaelin Al Sorna was known across the realm as the greatest of warriors, but he thought battles were behind him. He was wrong. Prophecy and rumor led him across the sea to find a woman he once loved and drew him into a war waged by the Darkblade, a man who believes himself a god - and one who has gathered a fanatical army that threatens all of the known world. After a costly defeat by the Darkblade, Vaelin's forces are shattered, while the self-proclaimed immortal and his army continue their terrible march. But during the clash, Vaelin regained some of the dark magic that once gave him unrivaled skill in battle. And though the fight he has been drawn into seems near unwinnable, the song that drives him now desires the blood of his enemy above all else....
©2020 Anthony Ryan (P)2020 Penguin Audio
Le Seigneur de la Tour
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Qu'on le nomme Sombrelame, frère du Sixième Ordre ou Tueur d'Espoir, Vaelin Al Sorna demeure le plus grand guerrier de son temps, et le plus illustre témoin de la défaite du roi Janus. Écœuré par la guerre, il revient au pays déterminé à ne plus jamais prendre les armes. Nommé Seigneur de la Tour des Hauts Confins par l'héritier de Janus, Vaelin espère trouver la paix dans cette région glaciale et sauvage, loin des intrigues d'un Royaume tourmenté. Mais les êtres dotés de la voix du sang ont rarement l'occasion de mener une vie paisible. Entre les défenseurs de la Foi affaiblie, les adversaires du jeune roi inexpérimenté et les mystérieux assassins de la Ténèbre, Vaelin va découvrir malgré lui que nul ne peut échapper à son destin.
©2016 Bragelonne (P)2016 Hardigan
The Empire of Ashes
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In the White Drake's war, the price of freedom is paid in blood and fire.... For hundreds of years, the Ironship Trading Syndicate was fueled by drake blood - and protected by the Blood-blessed, those few who could drink it and wield fearsome powers. But now the very thing that sustained the corporate world threatens to destroy it. A drake of unimaginable power has risen, and it commands an army of both beasts and men. Rogue Blood-blessed Claydon Torcreek, Syndicate agent Lizanne Lethridge, and Ironship captain Corrick Hilemore have been spread to disparate corners of the world, but they are united in their desire to defeat the White Drake and the Spoiled who follow it. Humanity itself is at stake, but with the aid of ancient knowledge, revolutionary technology, and unexpected allies, all hope is not lost. Saving the world will require sacrifice, as Clay, Lizanne, and Hilemore will see all they know either consumed by flames or reborn from the ashes.
©2018 Anthony Ryan (P)2018 Penguin Audio
The Waking Fire
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The New York Times best-selling Raven's Shadow Trilogy was a perfect listen for "fans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire novels". Now Anthony Ryan begins a new saga, The Draconis Memoria....
Throughout the vast lands controlled by the Ironship Trading Syndicate, nothing is more prized than the blood of drakes. Harvested from captive or hunted Reds, Greens, Blues, and Blacks, it can be distilled into elixirs that bestow fearsome powers on the rare men and women known as the Blood-blessed.
But not many know the truth: that the lines of drakes are weakening. If they fail, war with the neighboring Corvantine Empire will follow swiftly. The Syndicate's last hope resides in whispers of the existence of another breed of drake, far more powerful than the rest, and the few who have been chosen by fate to seek it.
Claydon Torcreek is a petty thief and an unregistered Blood-blessed who finds himself pressed into service by the Protectorate and sent to wild, uncharted lands in search of a creature he believes is little more than legend. Lizanne Lethridge is a formidable spy and assassin facing gravest danger on an espionage mission deep into the heart of enemy territory. And Corrick Hilemore is the second lieutenant of an Ironship cruiser whose pursuit of ruthless brigands leads him to a far greater threat at the edge of the world.
As lives and empires clash and intertwine, as the unknown and the known collide, all three must fight to turn the tide of a coming war - or drown in its wake.
©2016 Anthony Ryan (P)2016 Penguin Audio
The Legion of Flame
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Empires clash, and a fell power stakes its claim in the second in a new series from the New York Times best-selling author of the Raven's Shadow Trilogy. For centuries the vast Ironship Trading Syndicate relied on drake blood - and the extraordinary powers it confers to those known as the Blood-blessed - to fuel and protect its empire. But now a fearsome power has arisen - a drake so mighty that the world will tremble before it. Rogue Blood-blessed Claydon Torcreek, Syndicate agent Lizanne Lethridge, and ironship captain Corrick Hilemore embark upon perilous quests to chase down clues that offer faint hopes of salvation. As the world burns around them and the fires of revolution are ignited, these few are the last hope for the empire and for all of civilization.
©2017 Anthony Ryan (P)2017 Penguin Audio
La Reine de feu
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Réchappée d'une mort certaine, la reine Lyrna est déterminée à reconquérir l'indépendance du Royaume Unifié. Elle doit faire appel à des forces qui naguère encore lui répugnaient : les êtres dotés des étranges facultés de la Ténèbre. Et l'issue du conflit repose sur Vaelin Al Sorna, désormais Seigneur de Guerre. Mais la voie vers la victoire est semée d'embûches, surtout lorsque la voix du sang, le pouvoir qui faisait de lui le plus grand guerrier de son temps, demeure obstinément muette...
©2016 Bragelonne (P)2016 Hardigan
A Pilgrimage of Swords
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Enter the Execration, Where the Damned and the Desperate Come to Pray to the Mad God.... It is 200 years since the deity known as the Absolved went mad and destroyed the Kingdom of Alnachim, transforming it into the Execration, a blasted wasteland filled with nameless terrors. For decades, desperate souls have made pilgrimage to the centre of this cursed land to seek the Mad God’s favour, their fate always unknown. Now a veteran warrior known only as Pilgrim, armed with a fabled blade inhabited by the soul of a taunting demon, must join with six others to make the last journey to the heart of the Execration. Allied with a youthful priest, a beast-charmer, a duplicitous scholar, an effete actor, and two exiled lovers, Pilgrim must survive madness, malevolent spirits, unnatural monsters, and the ever-present risk of treachery, all so that the Mad God might hear his prayer and, perhaps, grant redemption. But can sins such as his ever be forgiven? Set in a world where demons and gods walk the earth, A Pilgrimage of Swords is a dark and exciting fantasy adventure from the New York Times best-selling author of the Raven’s Shadow and Draconis Memoria trilogies.
©2019 Anthony Ryan (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
The Lady of Crows
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A quest for bloody vengeance forces Derla, a skilled veteran of the Varinshold underworld, into the service of arch schemer King Janus. Charged with protecting the renowned drunkard and cardsharp Sentes Mustor, Derla finds herself drawn into a high stakes game with the notorious criminal overlord known as One Eye.
©2017 Anthony Ryan (P)2017 Podium Publishing
The Lord Collector
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Author's note: The following story takes place in the same world as my novel Blood Song, the first volume in the Raven's Shadow trilogy. I wrote it because I wanted to more fully explore characters who appear in Blood Song and the sequels Tower Lord and Queen of Fire. Readers familiar with my work are sure to recognize a certain pale-eyed, raspy-voiced Sword Master of the Sixth Order, and those curious as to the origins of the Tower Lord of the Southern Shore will find answers here. The tale takes place at the midpoint of the timeline described in Blood Song, a time when King Janus, with typical ruthlessness, is in the process of further consolidating his grip on the Unified Realm.
©2015 Anthony Ryan (P)2015 Podium Publishing
Many Are the Dead
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“The Faith requires all we have.” New York Times best-selling author Anthony Ryan returns to the Raven’s Shadow world in this prequel novella set 10 years before the events in Blood Song. For decades, the brothers of the Sixth Order have fought a savage war against the Lonak clans amid the frozen peaks of their dominion. When word reaches the North of a fresh outbreak of the dreaded Red Hand, Brother Sollis, the finest swordsman in the Order, leads a small band to a long-abandoned castle in search of a potential cure but discovers a far greater threat lurking in the mountains. Enemies become allies as Sollis leads an increasingly desperate fight against an inhuman enemy steeped in the power of the Dark. "Brilliantly written.... Anyone who has read Blood Song will adore this." (Fantasy Book Review)
©2018 Anthony Ryan (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
Le Mal par le Mal ou la Chute de Kethia
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Une nouvelle inédite dans l'univers de Blood Song ! Assoiffée de vengeance, Derla - une personnalité des bas-fonds de Castelvarin - n'a d'autre choix que d'entrer au service du machiavélique roi Janus. Chargée de protéger Sentes Mustor, illustre ivrogne et joueur invétéré, Derla engage une partie à haut risque avec le tristement célèbre Borgne, chef en devenir de la pègre castelvarine... Anthony Ryan nous offre un épisode inédit de sa flamboyante saga Blood Song, saluée par la critique et les lecteurs de Fantasy épique. >> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement.
©2018 Bragelonne (P)2018 Hardigan
Le Haut Percepteur
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Une nouvelle inédite dans l'univers de Blood Song ! Assoiffée de vengeance, Derla - une personnalité des bas-fonds de Castelvarin - n'a d'autre choix que d'entrer au service du machiavélique roi Janus. Chargée de protéger Sentes Mustor, illustre ivrogne et joueur invétéré, Derla engage une partie à haut risque avec le tristement célèbre Borgne, chef en devenir de la pègre castelvarine... Anthony Ryan nous offre un épisode inédit de sa flamboyante saga Blood Song, saluée par la critique et les lecteurs de Fantasy épique.
©2018 Bragelonne (P)2018 Hardigan
La Dame des Corbeaux
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Nouvelles inédites dans l'univers de Blood Song ! Assoiffée de vengeance, Derla - une personnalité des bas-fonds de Castelvarin - n'a d'autre choix que d'entrer au service du machiavélique roi Janus. Chargée de protéger Sentes Mustor, illustre ivrogne et joueur invétéré, Derla engage une partie à haut risque avec le tristement célèbre Borgne, chef en devenir de la pègre castelvarine... Anthony Ryan nous offre un épisode inédit de sa flamboyante saga Blood Song, saluée par la critique et les lecteurs de Fantasy épique.
©2018 Bragelonne (P)2018 Hardigan
Le Sang du dragon
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À travers les vastes territoires contrôlés par le Syndicat du Négoce d'Archefer, rien n'est plus prisé que le sang des dracs. Ponctionné à même leurs veines, il est distillé en élixirs capables d'accorder d'incommensurables pouvoirs aux rares hommes et femmes connus sous le nom de Sang-bénis. Mais une menace croissante pèse sur le Syndicat : les lignées de dracs s'affaiblissent peu à peu. S'ils viennent à s'éteindre, la guerre qui couve avec l'Empire corvantin voisin ne manquera pas d'éclater. Le dernier espoir du Syndicat réside dans la découverte d'une rare variété de drac, bien plus puissante que toutes les autres. Claydon Torcreek, voleur de bas étage et Sang-béni clandestin, est enrôlé de force par le Protectorat et envoyé dans les entrailles du continent primitif d'Arradsie, sur la piste de cette créature légendaire. Lizanne Lethridge, vénéneuse espionne, doit quant à elle braver tous les dangers afin de mener à bien sa mission en territoire ennemi. Enfin, Corrick Hilemore, sous-lieutenant à bord d'un croiseur d'Archefer, se lance à la poursuite de dangereux pirates, sans se douter du péril qui le guette aux confins du monde. Emportés par la valse des destins et des empires, du connu et de l'inconnu, tous trois devront lutter de toutes leurs forces pour inverser le cours de la guerre qui se profile... ou bien périr dans son sillage.
©2013 Bragelonne (P)2021 Hardigan
The Kraken's Tooth
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The great merchant city of Carthula - raised from the bones of a kraken on the whim of a goddess Where noble houses call upon dark magic to triumph in their endless and deadly game for dominion.... Landless one-time king Guyime, once called Pilgrim but known to history as the Ravager, has survived the fall of the Execration - an event that set him on a path to find the legendary Seven Swords. Guided by sorcery, Guyime journeys to Carthula in the centre of the First Sea to claim the mythical blade known as the Kraken’s Tooth. Aided by three companions - the beast charmer Seeker, a powerful sorceress, and a scholarly slave - Guyime ventures into Carthula’s perilous underbelly to secure a prize guarded by ancient magics, cursed spirits, and lethal traps. But can he survive an ultimate ordeal crafted from his worst nightmares? Continuing the epic story begun in A Pilgrimage of Swords, The Kraken’s Tooth is a fast-paced tale of low intrigue and grand adventure from the New York Times best-selling author of the Raven’s Shadow and Draconis Memoria trilogies.
©2020 Anthony Ryan (P)2020 Audible, Inc.