Lord of a Shattered Land, Howard Andrew Jones
Lord of a Shattered Land, Howard Andrew Jones
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Lord of a Shattered Land

Author: Howard Andrew Jones

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Unabridged: 21 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/29/2024


Synopsis

A VAST EMPIRE'S GREATEST FOE. A CONQUERED PEOPLE'S LAST HOPE. HIS NAME IS HANUVAR, AND HE WILL SET HIS PEOPLE FREE!

The Dervan Empire has at last triumphed over Volanus, putting the great city to the torch, its treasures looted, temples defiled, and fields sown with salt. What little remains of Volanus is scattered across the empire, its wealth plundered and its survivors sold into slavery. It is an absolute victory for the Dervans in every way but one.

Hanuvar, last and greatest general of Volanus, still lives. He now travels the length of the Dervan Empire that conquered his homeland, driven by a singular purpose—to find what remains of his people who were carried into slavery across the empire, and free them from subjugation by any means necessary.

Against the might of a vast empire, he had only an aging sword arm, a lifetime of hard-won wisdom, and the greatest military mind in the world, set upon a single goal. No matter what the empire musters against him, no matter what man or monster stands in his way, from the empire's festering capital to its furthest outposts, Hanuvar would find his people, every last one of them.

And he would set them free.

About Howard Andrew Jones

HOWARD ANDREW JONES, when not helping run his small family farm or spending time with his amazing wife and children, is hunched over his laptop or notebook mumbling about flashing swords and doom-haunted towers. His novels include The Chronicles of Sword and Sand (The Desert of Souls, The Waters of Eternity, The Bones of the Old Ones) and several Pathfinders Tales. He has worked as a TV cameraman, a book editor, a recycling consultant, and a college writing instructor. He edited eight collections of Harold Lamb’s historicals and served as managing editor of Black Gate. He edits the sword and sorcery magazine Tales from the Magician’s Skull.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on January 18, 2008

After reading Baudelaire, I suddenly find myself wanting to smoke cigarettes and say very cynical things while donning a trendy haircut. Plus, if I didn't read Baudelaire, how could I possibly carry on conversations with pretentious art students? In all seriousness, though, I wish my French was bett......more

Goodreads review by Ulysse on January 28, 2025

Dear Charles, I’m flattered to be your muse, I really am. How many women can say they’ve inspired a genius to write poems about them, poems that will be read and loved hundreds of years from now? You have immortalized me in perfect rhymes, and thanks to you, Charles, I shall always be remembered as a......more

Goodreads review by Leonard on January 29, 2023

Ironie suprême, ce livre, condamné pour immoralité lors de sa parution est désormais le recueil de poésie le plus canonique de toute la littérature française (en témoigne sa présence increvable dans les programmes scolaires). Mais cette ironie, cette apparente ambivalence, cet oxymore de l’histoire......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on August 19, 2023

This is Poe for grownups. Lusty, edgy, and melodically intoxicating. Baudelaire's poems in French are delivered alive, kicking and beautiful as new babes in these English versions from James McGowan's capable hands. I was not surprised to learn this translator is a poet. He has the ear for rhythms.......more