The King's Peace

Name: The King's Peace
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jo Walton
ISBN: 9798350876123

Author: Jo Walton

Series: Sulien #1

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan

Unabridged: 21 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/20/2024

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Sulien ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them.

Thus begins her story—a story that takes her back to her family, with its ancient ties to the Vincan empire that once ruled in Tir Tanagiri, and forward to Caer Tanaga, where the greatest man of his time, King Urdo, struggles to bind together the squabbling nobles and petty princes into a unified force that will drive out the barbarian invader and restore the King's Peace.

Ringing with the clash of arms and the songs of its people, rich with high magic and everyday life, The King's Peace begins an epic of great deeds and down-to-earth people, told in language with the strength and flexibility of sharpened steel.

About Jo Walton

Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian author of science fiction, fantasy, and poetry. She has published thirteen novels, three poetry collections, and an essay collection. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002, the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw in 2004, the Hugo and Nebula awards for Among Others in 2012, and in 2014, both the Tiptree Award for My Real Children and the Locus Award for What Makes This Book So Great. Walton comes from Wales, has lived in England, and now lives in Montreal, where the food and books are much better.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicky

It took me a while to get into The King's Peace -- I knew from the first few chapters that it would be a slow burn. Which is was, but I ended up loving it. It's an alternate history -- think like Guy Gavriel Kay's A Song for Arbonne, I suppose: the places and people are given different names, but al......more

Goodreads review by Glee

I really, really liked this book. However, I am reluctant to recommend it to anyone because it was NOT an easy read. It is an alternative telling of the legend of King Arthur, complete with Welsh nomenclature, such as the term "caer" for identifying cities/town, e.g. Caer Sacramento, and the naming......more

Goodreads review by September

After reading The Prize in the Game, I had really high hopes for Walton's debut novel. Perhaps, too high. I made it to page 286/416, before finally deciding to put the book down. The writing was wordy, at times, & clunky. The plot jumped from one war to the next and was full of very flat characters.......more

Goodreads review by Chris

Before I read this, I wouldn't have believed such an original take on Arthur was possible. It's sort of an AU of Arthur (called Urdo in this) told by one of his knights, a woman - this is where the AU part comes in; the set-up of the world has women and men equal, one of the many things I liked abou......more