The Heart of Iuchiban, Evan Dicken
The Heart of Iuchiban, Evan Dicken
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The Heart of Iuchiban

Author: Evan Dicken

Narrator: Kaipo Schwab

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/01/2022


Synopsis

Return to the world of Legend of the Five Rings: Adventures in Rokugan, in this fantasy adventure pitting noble samurai against a forgotten evil corrupting the whole realm

Something is wrong in the Emerald Empire. The emperor is ailing, the court is weak and the Great Clans threaten to escalate their petty squabbling into all-out war. But in the shadows, another threat lurks—sinister Bloodspeaker cults attempt to resurrect the forgotten sorcerer Iuchiban, who possess a power so great it could destroy all of Rokugan. Now seven samurai, one from each of the Great Clans, must put aside their pride, fear, and rivalry to unite and prevent the Bloodspeakers from finding the legendary tomb of Iuchiban, and the hideous treasure locked inside. All that stands in the samurai's way is their hatred of each other. The road will be long and bloody, but glory waits for them at journey's end. As does death . . .

About Evan Dicken

By day, Evan Dicken studies old Japanese maps and crunches numbers for all manner of fascinating research at Ohio State University. By night, he does neither of these things. His prolific short fiction has most recently appeared in Analog, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Strange Horizons, with more coming soon.


Reviews

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book. "The heart of Iuchiban" is a tale set in the world of "Five Rings", an Asian fantasy background that delightedly blends lore and magic from eastern cultures. The scenarios see families and clans fight their own wars at their own terms, each pr......more

As always I want to start by saying that I was given a copy of this to review as part of a @AconyteBooks book tour. My review is honest and left voluntarily. #NetGalley #AconyteBooks #LegendoftheFiveRings #TieinFiction I am fully enjoying the Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) tie-in novels that Aconyte......more

Goodreads review by Dan

My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher Aconyte Books for an advanced copy of this fantasy tie-in novel to the popular role playing game. As a writer it must be hard to hard to create in someone else's universe, or create a story that fits in the rules of a game and its setting. The pressure c......more