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Empire in Black and Gold

Shadows of the Apt, Book 1

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Empire in Black and Gold

Von: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Gesprochen von: Ben Allen
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The days of peace are over.

Empire in Black and Gold is the first instalment in the critically-acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It is a world populated by kinden – species of human that have taken on the characteristics of animals, from spiders and ants to scorpions . . .

‘Brimming with imagination’ – SciFiNow

In the Lowlands, the city states have lived in peace for decades – hailed as bastions of civilization. Yet that peace is about to end. A distant empire has been conquering neighbours with highly trained soldiers and sophisticated combat techniques. And the city states are its desirable new prize.

As the empire's armies march ever closer, only the ageing Stenwold Maker – spymaster, artificer and statesman – foresees the threat. And so it falls upon his shoulders to open the eyes of the cities’ leaders. He sees that war will sweep through their lands, destroying everything in its path.

But to warn his people, he must stay alive.

Empire in Black and Gold is followed by the second book in the Shadows of the Apt series, Dragonfly Falling.

©2020 Adrian Tchaikovsky (P)2020 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd Action & Abenteuer Epic Fantasy Fantasy Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Zeitgenössische Fantasy

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Kritikerstimmen

Brimming with imagination (SciFiNow)
The Shadows of the Apt series is simply one of the best epic fantasy series out there (LEC Book Reviews)
Super worldbuilding, great characters and extreme inventiveness (Fantasy Book Critic)
Epic fantasy at its best. Gripping, original and multi-layered storytelling from a writer bursting with lots of fascinating ideas (Walker of Worlds)
Full of sparking, speculative innovation (Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence, on The Doors of Eden)
Breathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers (Gareth Powell, author of Embers of War, on Children of Ruin)
A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human (Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go, on Children of Time)
Alle Sterne
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There´s no doubt for me, Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of the greatest contemporary science fiction and fantasy authors. Naturally, after reading and listening to his latest stuff, I became interested in his earlier works, leading to the Shadows of the Apt series. At first I was a little sceptical. I liked the Tiger and the Wolf series, where human tribes associated to an animal, with the abillity to skinchange into. Here different human -kinden- associate with an insect, manifesting different aspects of it, like flight, nightvision, sting-shots, social webbing etc., which is called -the art-, so no shapechanging like in Tiger and the Wolf, at least until where I progressed in this series. The worldbuilding is great, there is a lot of action, magic, myteries and even steampunk (of which I´m normally not a great fan of, but here it works) and even though I´m not into insects per se, the association with them creates a great connection to our world and an odd familiarity to the setting, better than any elves, dwarves and orcs could have. But the best thing so far are the characters, although they have some archetypical dispositions depending on their kinden they are very well written and very much human after all.
The audiobook narration by Ben Allen is fantastic: great pacing, great voices, an absolute joy to listen to.

Even if you´re not into entomology, read the book!

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As with other books of Adrian Tchaikovsky, it took me awhile to get into it. Once there, it is really great. The voice of Ben Allen is also quite soothing. 5/5

Great Audiobook

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I loved this book. Great story that widens the listeners horizon. And beautifully read too! I will start the next book of the series right away.

Great!

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