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    The Orphans' Promise
    The Orphans' Promise
    The Orphans' Promise
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Orphans' Promise

    Written by Pierre Grimbert

    Narrated by Michael Page

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The second installment in the internationally bestselling and prize-winning Secret of Ji fantasy series

    The Known World’s greatest secret has proven a heavy burden for the last heirs of the Ji emissaries: a death sentence from the goddess Zuïa and her band of implacable Judges and a fleeting glimpse of another world that could devastate the Upper and Lower Kingdoms. Now, after barely eluding a band of Züu assassins, these unlikely heroes find themselves hunted once more. A dark, armor-clad figure brought Zuïa’s judgment upon them, but he remains inescapable and nameless. They call him simply the Accuser.

    Yet there is still hope for the accused. A century-old journal promises to unravel the secret of Ji, and priestess Maz Lana can show them the way. With the Accuser drawing ever closer and the fate of the Known World hanging in the balance, the heirs must harness new abilities—and enlist the help of the gods—before the Known World’s greatest secret is lost forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    TranslatorMatt Ross and Eric Lamb
    Release dateDec 17, 2013
    ISBN9781480558267
    The Orphans' Promise
    Author

    Pierre Grimbert

    A native of France and a lifelong fantasy enthusiast who numbers Jack Vance, Fritz Leiber, and Michael Moorcock among his heroes, Pierre Grimbert has been awarded the Prix Ozone, for best French language fantasy novel, and the Prix Julia Verlanger, for best science fiction novel in any language. He is the author of fourteen much beloved novels of the Ji mythos, including the series the Secret of Ji, the Children of Ji, and the Guardians of Ji. He lives in northern France with his wife and two sons.

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    • 3/5
      I received a copy of this book through Goodreads' First Reads.
      I waited to read the book till I got a copy of the first book in the series - and I'm glad I did. This is definitely a case of one-story-split-into-parts, not just stories that happen to be set in the same world. As with the first installment ('Six Heirs') the ending leaves the reader hanging... but I pretty much expected that.

      As the story opens, the group of six is fleeing assassin-priests. Their goal is to stay alive, and find out who it is that wants them dead, and why. To this aim, there is much weapons-training, magic-learning, and investigating.

      For those who enjoy classic fantasy, with both feet planted firmly in the tropes of the genre, I'd recommend this series.