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The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story

By: M. L. Wang
Narrated by: Andrew Tell
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On a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire's enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name "The Sword of Kaigen".

Born into Kusanagi's legendary Matsuda family, f14-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: To master his family's fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen's alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies.

Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.

When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores?

©2019 Miracle Wang (P)2020 Miracle Wang
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"The Poppy War's darkness meets The Last Airbender's Elemental Magic...I haven't been so emotionally moved by a book in a long while." (JC Kang, USA Today best-selling author of The Dragon Songs Saga)

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Fantastic listen

I really enjoyed this book. Felt so many emotions throughout the story. Would definitely recommend!!

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So many emotions

Loved this book. The characters were created with so much depth and complexity. The battle scenes were filled with suspense too. This book really has a bit of everything.

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Hooray! It's over!

Going by some of the other reviews, my expectations for this book were very high, unfortunately it was far far from that. Nothing happens in this book. I think it would have been much better if the story focused on Misaki's backstory. This felt like the boring sequel to the interesting book.

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Fantastic book

I was recommended this on a TikTok video and decided to give it a go. I didn’t really know what I was in for. Fantastic story. Great narration. I’d recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy with some realism.

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Brilliant!

Stop reading this and READ the book ASAP!

Characters, World, Magic, and Plot. All 10/10

With a performance just as fantastic!

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Great story jarring mispronunciations

Great story, paced well with good use of various points of view to layer the beliefs and institutions of the world. The pronunciation of the Japanese words were horrible. As someone who speaks Japanese, it was painful at times when words had so clearly been mispronounced to the point I wish I’d just read it myself instead of getting the audiobook.

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Yes you should get this book!

I loved this book. You will grow attached to the characters, once the conflict comes, it is a page turner. The narrator does a great job, move this to the top of your list

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Characters that I’ll remember for years

Loved it. Thank you. M L Wangs characters are beautifully written. I came for the magic fight scenes, but they were out shadowed by simple heart wrenching dialogue. Well done! And the narration was fantastic.

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Hauntingly beautiful

An extremely well written story. The world-building and character development was incredible. It was gruesome, haunting, inspiring and healing.

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A thrilling story about family and ear (?)

A great unusual story that surprised me many times, made me very curious about the world and what else could happen on a future story. it has very interesting and complex characters and felt like wanting to see more about them. my only issues with the story comes from a few things felt slightly out of place, forced or a not very well managed pace but maybe that was me not being as perceptive as I should.

I only have a few issues with the pronunciation of certain words that were a minor bother in am otherwise great Trll's performance.

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