The Quartered Sea

Name: The Quartered Sea
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Tanya Huff
ISBN: 9781543636826

Author: Tanya Huff

Series: Quarters #4

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 14 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 02/16/2018

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Benedikt Sings the most powerful water in the kingdom, but water is the only Quarter Benedikt can sing, which isolates him from the Bardic Captain and his fellow Bards. When the Queen of Shkoder outfits a voyage to discover the lands across the sea against the Bardic Captain’s objections, Benedikt is the only Bard willing to brave the Captain’s wrath and volunteer.In uncharted waters, a storm strikes and the kigh of the deep seas rise. All of Benedikt’s skill is unable to save ship or crew. Shipwrecked in an unfamiliar country and unable to send word to Shkoder of the ship’s fate, Benedikt must play the part he’s been given: a pawn in the game of politics and religion between brother and sister—who both intend to use his Song to their advantage.As the Queen waits for word, the kigh of the deep seas rise again....

About Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff may have left Nova Scotia at three, and has lived most of her life since in Ontario, but she still considers herself a Maritimer. On the way to the idyllic rural existence she shares with her partner Fiona Patton, six cats, and a chihuahua, she acquired a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic—an education she was happy to finally use while writing her recent Smoke novels. Of her previous twenty-three books, the five—Blood Price, Blood Trail, Blood Lines, Blood Pact, Blood Debt—featuring Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII, romance writer, and vampire are among the most popular.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig

This is the fourth and fittingly final Quarter novel in Huff's high-fantasy series. I was glad she chose to return to contemporary/urban fantasy after this one. It is set several years after the third book, there is some overlap in characters but it's essentially a stand-alone story. I did not like......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy

I am sort of torn on this one. On the one hand, it's refreshing to read about fantasy-medieval Central America instead of Europe, nice to examine how the magically chosen culture guardians can go badly wrong, and look at some of the ways personal insecurity can have larger-scale consequences. On on......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

Dammit, I love Tanya Huff's writing! I so wish she was more prolific... The writing in this novel are as good as ever, full of longing, magic, and an unlikely hero that survives what nobody else could have. I love the loose love stories that don't pick and choose between man and woman. It's beautiful......more

Goodreads review by Willow

What a mixed bag of feelings I have for this book! After loving the first three books in the series, I was super bummed that I just didn't immediately fall for this one too. I kept putting it off. I went back for the fantastic world and the peripheral, well-established side-characters. But ugh, did......more