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    The Sworn
    The Sworn
    The Sworn
    Audiobook17 hours

    The Sworn

    Written by Gail Z. Martin

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    As plague and famine scourge the Winter Kingdoms, a vast invasion force is mustering from beyond the northern seas. And at its heart, a dark spirit mage wields the blood magic of ancient, vanquished gods.

    Summoner-King Martris Drayke must attempt to meet this great threat, gathering an army from a country ravaged by civil war. Neighboring lands reel toward anarchy while plague decimates their leaders. Drayke must seek new allies from among the living-and the dead-as an untested generation of rulers face their first battle.

    Then someone disturbs the legendary Dread as they rest in a millennia-long slumber beneath sacred barrows. Their warrior guardians, the Sworn, know the Dread could be pivotal as a force for great good or evil. But if it's the latter, could even the Summoner-King's sorcery prevail?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 1, 2011
    ISBN9781452670539
    The Sworn

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    • 4/5
      Just a notch under four stars. I don't know what it is about the characters but while I'm fond of them I'm not really invested in them. Somehow the multiple points of view seem to break my investment in the characters and make them less rounded for me, bringing down the score just a little.Sworn takes place six months after Dark Lady's Chosen, Martris Drayke hoped his life could go back to something resembling normal, as normal, at least, that a king could have. However another threat to the kingdoms is rising and the plague unleashed during the war is decimating the population. Tris and his friends have to fight again for a future for themselves and their children. There are plots and subplots and evil under the ground that has to be kept from causing the end of the world.I enjoyed the read and look forward to the next story in this series. I do like many of the characters and I'm just not sure why I'm not connecting with more of them. The story is well crafted and the characters often follow very sensible courses and while often have to choose between a rock and a hard place they're also willing to make hard choices that think about futures rather than present.
    • 4/5
      The previous entries in the series have been hit and miss in delivering tension even though the characters and plots had been fleshed out enough to create credible fantasy. There are some unique ideas that carry this series and those elements are explored further, with some interesting plots concerning the relationship between the living and the dead. The Sworn, due to the sheer scale of the plot, requires a diverse cast and this makes the first half quite dense, for the last four books have added many characters and they are spread across the Winter Kingdoms. Once the characters have been established Martin creates a strong feeling of foreboding, this entry is very much the calm before the storm; a prologue for the next chapter. Thanks to some unpredictable plot twists and careful manoeuvring of the protagonists The Sworn guarantees you'll be eagerly awaiting the next book, The Dread.
    • 4/5
      This is an interesting book. I downloaded it from Netgalley, not realizing that there was a series of books before the start of this series. I was able to pick up the flow of the story and found it entertaining. I would suggest that you read the Necromancer series first, it would have saved a lot of time in figuring out the characters, the community, and the overall plot. This story is loaded with popular species. There are mages, vyrkin (shapeshifting wolves), vayash moru (vampires), and ashtenerath (zombies).