The Ingenious

Name: The Ingenious
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Darius Hinks
ISBN: 9781684419746

Author: Darius Hinks

Narrator: Gabrielle Baker

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 02/05/2019

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic

Synopsis

Political exiles are desperate to escape from the impossible city that imprisons them, in this bloody and brilliant epic fantasy

Thousands of years ago, the city of Athanor was set adrift in time and space by alchemists, called "the Curious Men". Ever since, it has accumulated cultures, citizens, and species into a vast, unmappable metropolis.

Isten and her gang of half-starved political exiles live off petty crime and gangland warfare in Athanor's seediest alleys. Though they dream of returning home to lead a glorious revolution, Isten's downward spiral drags them into a mire of addiction and violence. Isten must find a way to save the exiles and herself if they are ever to build a better, fairer world for the people of their distant homeland.

About Darius Hinks

Darius Hinks works and lives in Nottinghamshire, England. He spent the nineties playing guitar for the grunge band Cable, but when his music career ended in a bitter law suit, he turned to writing. His first novel, Warrior Priest, won the David Gemmell Morningstar award and, so far at least, none of his novels have resulted in litigation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on February 12, 2019

This was some dark-ass shit and I loved every page of it. Yes you are dropped right off into the middle of things and yes it takes a minute to figure out who everyone is and what is going on but to me that was part of the appeal. I don't like being spoon fed anything nor do I appreciate fodder meant......more

Goodreads review by Vigasia on August 13, 2019

4,5 stars Brilliant book in the vibe of Foundryside or The Gutter Prayer. I don't have much time to write more but I really like it and I hope for the next book in the same universe.......more

Goodreads review by James on February 28, 2019

It took me a some time to really get into this one, but I'm glad that I did. I'm not typically as into grimdark, and this definitely qualifies early on. But a really nuanced story rises out of it. I found both the protagonist and the antagonist interesting, particularly the protagonist's growth thro......more

Goodreads review by Cameron on October 08, 2018

The Ingenious is a triumph of the imagination that I can only compare to that classic RPG game, Planescape Torment: bizarre architecture, bewildering magic, strange races and people all trapped there all struggling to survive. Isten and her people are exiles from a brutal empire, but the predatory tr......more

Goodreads review by Benny on September 10, 2019

So I liked and didn't like this book. I think it's worth a read, but it probably won't blow you away. It reminded me of Foundryside and the New Crobuzon books, but wasn't as good as either of those. The book's best attribute is its language and the way the world is described. It depicts squalor in t......more