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The Daughters' War
- Narrated by: Nikki Garcia
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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The Daughters' War
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Publisher's Summary
They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war.
Now, our daughters take up arms.
Galva - Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill - has defied her family's wishes and joined the army's untested new unit, the Raven Knights. They march toward a once-beautiful city overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war to make cattle of mankind.
The road to victory is bloody, and goblins are clever and merciless. The Raven Knights can take nothing for granted - not the bonds of family, nor the wisdom of their leaders, nor their own safety against the dangerous war birds at their side.
But some hopes are worth any risk.
A fraught, shattering fantasy adventure, this standalone novel is set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-2024
Gripping story, excellent narration, but a corrupted file
Corrupted file! Please, Audible, can you fix this soon and send those of us with the corrupted file a credit to download the new version? I've told other fans I know to hold off buying until it is fixed.
I bought this on the day it was released, super excited for the next installment after loving Blacktongue Thief. I was a little nervous to hear a new narrator, after a stunning performance from Buehlman, but Nikki Garcia absolutely shines. So much heart and depth.
Following the story of Galva as a young woman into the Daughter's War, this tale is brutal, exciting and tender. I loved learning more about the war corvids, and the beginning of Galva's devotion to Dalgatha.
Can't wait for the next one!
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-2024
Really enjoyed this
Loved the characters and the creatures. Eagerly waiting for more. Want as funny as his last but that’s because the main character is necessarily solemn.
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- lucy
- 08-09-2024
Loved it!
Great story, great narrator; very much looking forward to the next instalment in the series!
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- Timothy Gow
- 08-07-2024
Grimdark ambience, Narrated well
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This book is a dry sandcastle swallowed by a rising tide. It tells the tale of the march of one woman to war and surviving it. Much of the drama is in the moments between battles and the intrigue behind them. However, before you even realise it, the battles are hitting you in waves. Were I to write from the perspective of a losing side in a conflict, I would draw on this book first of all for an example to follow. The tension of what is happening in the world around the books perspective character, Galva Dom Braga, and what is happening around her as an individual is so well balanced., The book is excellently paced, and all the emotional payoffs are earned.
It is written in the first person and past tense, like a biographical reflection from the only perspective character herself. There's moments where you wonder if the narrator is unreliable, but to me at least it never seems so beyond the fact that her opinions shape her observations. Buehlmanns character voice is so well defined that it never feels inauthentic, but rather, entirely believable as a written account Galva who is a noblewoman and knight of mutant corvids.
The apparent antagonists of the book, the Goblins, feel less like an arrangement of villains and more like an alien weather event. A cataclysmic swarm that behaves in ways that cannot be fully understood nor thwarted by the humans. The depictions of the battles of the war are weighty, and are written so you feel both the first person moments of blade to blade, but also the wider picture of the movements of troops in the game of chess played by leaders against unexplained swarms.
The story is tragic. Not without humour or love or morality, but full of grim decisions and dark turns. This is not the story of a hero that saves the world. Not in this book. This is a single soul and her friends and monstrous steeds and their story in a battle. It is grimdark fantasy, and as fine an example as there is.
The narrator, Nikki Garcia, has the perfect tone, accent and voice for this books writing. She is expressive and emotional to the exact right amounts at the right time. Her reading of this book is to be commended, and if Galva is a perspective character in later instalments I do hope she makes a return for it.
Despite many obvious cultural analogues for the fantasy cultures used, the world building left me wanting to know yet more. These inspirations are neither leaned so heavily on as to be trite, nor so cliche as to be mere stereotypes. It's a good example of borrowing from history without stealing wholesale. I enjoyed trying to pick which 'country' of man was inspired by which culture before it was too obvious.
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A few times, things seemed to jump around just sharply enough to make me lose focus on the story and wonder what happened. This is not a major criticism. It is not a difficult book to follow, but this happened often enough that I think it's worth mentioning.
The very end of the book, the epilogue, feels like it rushes past several grand events that could have been their own books. This is not a negative in the purest sense, but as satisfied as I was to learn what I learned of the world and the story, I also felt thwarted for the lack of the telling. It definitely ends feeling like a prequel for someone elses perspective. Which, of course, it is. However, if it wanted to draw me in to the main series as someone who hasn't read it, it succeeded in doing so.
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In summary, this is a book that makes promises and then delivers on them. You can feel the sense of hope and hopelessness as you ride along with Galva as she conveys her story with some input from those close to her. It is more than worth your credit, if what you want for it is grimdark fantasy and the bleak stark realities of mass violence contrasted with the small sparks of love and faith that people find within trauma.
A great read. This is a book for people looking for more after reading the likes of Mike Shackle, Mark Lawrence, Joe Abercrombie or Peter McLean.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-07-2024
Corrupted audio file
Great book so far but the audio file is corrupted, meaning multiple chapters will end mid sentence.
Do not download until this is fixed.
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- chase sherwell
- 30-07-2024
If you thought you loved this world, think again
After listening to the black tongued thief (of which this is a prequel), I was a little wary of the shift in narrator.
I couldn’t have been more wrong.
This is such a captivating reading - it feels almost too real. This is read in such a compassionate, enthusiastic way that I have a hard time now believing the reader didn’t live these events.
This is a first person perspective audiobook not to be missed. I’d recommend this to all - even if you haven’t read the main book. I was completely and utterly captivated by this reading.
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- Ben P
- 05-07-2024
A great story, a great account of events
The progressive tone of the story was rich, detailed and didn’t miss a beat. Fantastic imagery and descriptions. The depth of a full novel in a novella.
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- Rand
- 18-08-2024
Heartfelt and Horrifying War Book
Although completely different tonally from the Blacktoungue thief, this book is still fantastic in both the richness and complexity of the characters, and the scale and horror of the war. In particular the Goblins are truly terrifying, a crafty and genuinely fearsome enemy.
The only slight critique is the past tense narration and chronologically later previous book make many scenes have much reduced tension and weight, I can imagine how engaging these would've been if the characters fate wasn't already known.
Narration is 10/10
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-07-2024
Audio now fixed
Galva's tale is a perfect complement to The Blacktongue Thief, Christopher Buehlman is a master at his craft. Beautifully written, didn't feel like a man writing as female lead...
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