The Way of Shadows
Night Angel, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Simon Vance
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By:
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Brent Weeks
About this listen
The razor-sharp first novel in the New York Times bestselling Night Angel series from master of modern fantasy Brent Weeks - an astonishing and epic tale of magic, violence and revenge.
The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets.
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir.For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never
take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned the hard way to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.
But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.
For more from Brent Weeks, check out:
Night Angel
The Way of Shadows
Shadow's Edge
Beyond the Shadows
The Kylar Chronicles
Night Angel Nemesis
Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella
The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel
Lightbringer
The Black Prism
The Blinding Knife
The Broken Eye
The Blood Mirror
The Burning White
©2009 Brent Weeks (P)2023 Hachette Audio UKCritic Reviews
"Brent Weeks has a style of immediacy and detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into his story. He doesn't allow you to look away." (Robin Hobb)
"Nobody does break-neck pacing and amazingly-executed plot twists like Brent Weeks." (Brian McClellan)
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- Diana Hinson
- 27-01-2024
Totally hooked
Loved it from start to finish. Can’t wait to read the rest
Highly recommend this series. It’s fast paced fantasy at its best.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-09-2024
Better with Simon
Brent weeks is one of my favourite authors. Simon is great but some of the voices are bit too similar. But this series will get you excited about fantasy novels.
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- Megs
- 16-01-2024
If you love Fantasy totally get.
I'm new to this series and I'm totally in love with it. Simon Vance does a stellar job as always. If you love fantasy then I totally recommend. I started the second book straight after listening to this one.
This series deserves a high budget TV series.
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- Jed O.
- 05-03-2024
Great storytelling
Like the twists and mystery the way the story develops and the characters who emerge. One of my favourites is Dorian commenting so that’s how that happens….
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- K1ng_Wh1pL45h3r
- 29-04-2023
amazing
a great story that i return to often with great narration that really draws you in
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- Anonymous User
- 22-10-2023
Awesome series
I’ve read the books years ago. Thought I give it a go on audible and was not disappointed!
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- Nikky
- 01-09-2023
excellent narration as always
love these books, I already had the original audio books (which I still loved, but definitely a different feel). Simon Vance is a classic, and picks up the subtle nuances of Brent's writing in a way I've always loved. one critique is that I wholeheartedly disagree with the character voice for Jarl - I always pictured him as a little more polished, and nowhere near as rough sounding. but that's just a personal preference thing, it's a fantastic performance regardless
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- hisham elkiki
- 10-02-2023
Narration that serves the story and genre.
Finally there is an understanding that American accents do not work in any kind of fantasy. Excited to see this trend continue and do this genre justice. Did not buy this audiobook prior to Simon Vance's performance and the same goes for all audiobooks of this genre. Amazing story finally done justice. British works American simply never will.
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- Gelfie
- 11-05-2023
Finally found my next series
This was a very enjoyable book. I was worried before buying that it may be YA. Everything seems to be. Thankfully it is not.
Then there was the coming of age thing; I’m not a fan. Thankfully chunks of years go by in short order with what could almost be described as a recap style.
Leaving an adult protagonist in an interesting story with a mysterious master, some questionable moral decisions, and questionable morals.
A few scenes seemed clumsy to me. But the majority of the boo is extremely well written and there were several exceptional reveals that had been expertly and subtly foreshadowed much earlier in the novel.
The author, much like his characters,, definitely has a talent.
Simon Vance is a good narrator his style fits the material perfectly , I’ve numerous titles read by him. However I felt his character voices were not as well differentiated as they could have been, and have been, in the past.
Looking forward to the next in the series.
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- Martin
- 21-05-2023
Excellent - listen to Simon Vance version
Great story as you'd expect from Brent Weeks.
This was recently re-released with Simon Vance doing the narration and he is superb, just as he is in narrating Brent Weeks' other series, the Lightbringer Chronicles.
Thanks to Audible and Hachette Audio for re-releasing the audiobook with Simon Vance. The original had some Americian narrator and it was so unspeakably awful I had to return it.
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