James Islington has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 1,397 ratings. The most-rated is The Shadow of What Was Lost.
The Shadow of What Was Lost
Summary
It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets. A representation of these laws is now written into the flesh of any who use the Gift, forcing those so marked into absolute obedience. As a student of the Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war fought--and lost--before he was born. Despised by most beyond the school walls, he and those around him are all but prisoners as they attempt to learn control of the Gift. Worse, as Davian struggles with his lessons, he knows there is further to fall if he cannot pass his final tests. But when he discovers he has the ability to wield the forbidden power of the Augurs, he sets into motion a chain of events that will change everything. To the north an ancient enemy, long thought defeated, begins to stir. And to the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian’s wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is....
©2014 James Islington (P)2015 Podium Publishing
An Echo of Things to Come
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The second book in the acclaimed Licanius Trilogy by James Islington. In the wake of a devastating attack, an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs - finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against the land of Andarra. As the Augur Davian and his new allies hurry north toward the ever-weakening Boundary, however, fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late. His ally in the Capital, the new Northwarden, contends with assassins and politicians and uncovers a dangerous political secret. Meanwhile, their compatriot Asha begins a secret investigation into the disappearance of the Shadows. And Caeden races against time to fulfill his treacherous bargain with the Lyth, but as more and more of his memories return, he begins to realize that the two sides in this ancient war may not be as clear-cut as they first seemed....
©2017 James Islington (P)2017 Podium Publishing
The Light of All That Falls
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The journey that began in The Shadow of What Was Lost and continued in An Echo of Things to Come now comes to its spectacular conclusion in The Light of All That Falls, the final chapter of the Licanius Trilogy by acclaimed epic fantasy author James Islington. After a savage battle, the Boundary is whole again - but it may be too late. Banes now stalk the lands of Andarra, and the Venerate have gathered their armies for a final, crushing blow. In Ilin Illan, Wirr fights to maintain a precarious alliance between Andarra's factions of power. With dark forces closing in on the capital, if he cannot succeed, the war is lost. Imprisoned and alone in a strange land, Davian is pitted against the remaining Venerate. As he tries to keep them from undoing Asha's sacrifice, he struggles to come to terms with his own path and all he has learned about Caeden, the friend he chose to set free. And finally, Caeden is confronted with the reality of a plan laid centuries ago - heartbroken at how it started and devastated by how it must end.
©2019 James Islington (P)2019 Podium Publishing
Das Erbe der Seher
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Zwanzig Jahre sind seit dem Ende des Krieges vergangen. Die machthungrigen Auguren, die einst unbesiegbar schienen, wurden von einer Allianz rebellierender Länder hinweggefegt und vernichtet. Andere Magiekundige werden seitdem strengstens überwacht - sie überleben nur, weil sie sich den Vier Gesetzen unterworfen haben, die seit der Rebellion gelten. Der junge Damian leidet unter dem Auswirkungen dieses Krieges, der noch vor seiner Geburt begann: Als Magiebegabter wächst er in der abgeschiedenen Festung Calenden auf, stets davon bedroht, als Ausgestoßener zu enden, sollte es ihm nicht gelingen, die Prüfungen der Administratoren zu bestehen. Und Davian verbirgt ein Geheimnis: Er verfügt über die seherischen Fähigkeiten der "früheren Herrscherkaste"- wird er entdeckt, bedeutet dies seinen Tod. Doch dann trifft er auf den mysteriösen Talean, der glaubt, dass Davians Fähigkeiten an den nördlichen Grenzen dringend benötigt werden, denn dort erhebt sich eine uralte Bedrohung, der nur die Auguren entgegentreten konnten.>> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung genießt du exklusiv nur bei Audible.
©2017 Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur GmbH & Co. KG. (P)2017 Audible Studios
Das Echo der Zukunft
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Der Feind im Norden hat sich erhoben - nichts steht mehr zwischen ihm und den Fürstentümern der Menschen. Nichts außer den Begabten, die über die verbotene Macht der Seher verfügen. Gemeinsam mit neuen Verbündeten bricht der junge Begabte Davian zur nördlichen Grenze auf, ohne zu wissen, ob er noch rechtzeitig eintreffen wird. Währenddessen setzt Davians Freund Caeden alles daran, sein verräterisches Abkommen mit den geheimnisvollen Lyth zu erfüllen. Doch als seine Erinnerungen langsam zurückkehren, muss er erkennen, dass Freund und Feind vielleicht nicht so eindeutig sind, wie es zuerst den Anschein hatte. >> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung genießt du exklusiv nur bei Audible.
©2018 Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur GmbH & Co. KG. Übersetzung von Ruggero Leò (P)2018 Audible Studios