In The Ruins, Kate Elliott
In The Ruins, Kate Elliott
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In The Ruins

Author: Kate Elliott

Narrator: Shiromi Arserio

Unabridged: 21 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/18/2023


Synopsis

The lost land of the Aoi has returned to the earth from which it was cast forth millennia ago. And though the battle for survival must be the primary focus, there are always those eager to seize power.

Though King Henry demanded that Prince Sanglant accept his crown, many may refuse to honor the dying king's wish. Liath, Sanglant's wife, has been excommunicated and unless he agrees to put her aside, his own aunt, Mother Scholastica, is threatening to interdict Sanglant. And though he and Liath long to search for their missing daughter, the demands of statecraft hold them hostage to Sanglant's court.

Henry's wife is determined to regain control of their empire. But she has let Antonia proclaim herself the new skopos. And Antonia has already proved herself a dangerous ally.

The Aoi are divided between those who seek to rebuild and warriors determined to claim revenge against the humans.

Stronghand, too, is consolidating his gains for his empire, drawn in part by the bond he still shares with Alain.

And even as Liath seeks out the forbidden magic that could bring back the light of day, new alliances are forming and old ones being abandoned. Only time will tell who will emerge triumphant.

About Kate Elliott

Kate Elliott is the author of more than twenty-five works of fantasy and science fiction, including a YA fantasy trilogy (begun with Court of Fives), the acclaimed science fiction novel Jaran, and a short fiction collection, The Very Best of Kate Elliott. Born in Oregon, she now lives in Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Allison

In the Ruins was definitely a transition book. The cataclysm took place at the end of the last book, and now what? Now the face of the world has changed, and so have allegiances. Power vacuums must be filled, and broken empires must band together or take advantage of the chaos. Ultimately, this was......more

This is an okay installment, better than the one before. But it’s only the first half of the final book, which was split in two due to length (a counterintuitive choice; seven is such a prominent number in the mythology of the series that I had a hard time believing this wasn’t the plan all along).......more

Goodreads review by Rindis

In origin, this is half a book. Each volume of the Crown of Stars series was longer than the last, and here at the end it finally got too long to put under one cover. It's also hard to figure out how to treat this section of the series. The major world-changing event was the return of the Ashoi (or n......more

Goodreads review by Joebot

This was the best book thus far. The end of the last book had cataclysmic repercussions; shame that I was so bored in getting there. I liked, though, where this book went with that. That said, there's still a lot of character and plot issues here. Like, seriously, what is Alain's endgame, and why ke......more