The Stone Knife

Name: The Stone Knife
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Anna Stephens
ISBN: 9780008404031

Author: Anna Stephens

Series: The Songs of the Drowned #1

Narrator: Joseph Balderrama

Unabridged: 23 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperVoyager

Published: 11/26/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Epic, Military Fantasy, Dragons

Synopsis

A fantasy epic of freedom and empire, gods and monsters, love, loyalty, honour, and betrayal, from the acclaimed author of GODBLIND. For generations, the forests of Ixachipan have echoed with the clash of weapons, as nation after nation has fallen to the Empire of Songs – and to the unending, magical music that binds its people together. Now, only two free tribes remain. The Empire is not their only enemy. Monstrous, scaled predators lurk in rivers and streams, with a deadly music of their own. As battle looms, fighters on both sides must decide how far they will go for their beliefs and for the ones they love – a veteran general seeks peace through war, a warrior and a shaman set out to understand their enemies, and an ambitious noble tries to bend ancient magic to her will.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik on December 16, 2020

I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: [URL not allowed] ARC provided by the publisher—Harper Voyager—in exchange for an honest review. This was amazing. Great characters, lethal actions, and so much bloodbath; a vampire reading this book would probably find their thirst satiat......more

Goodreads review by Bethan on October 05, 2020

Anna Stephens is back with a brand new trilogy for us, and I have been so excited for it for ages. I loved her Godblind trilogy, so I pre-ordered The Stone Knife back in April ready for the November release – but when Stephens offered me an ARC for review, I jumped at the chance! The Stone Knife, bo......more

Goodreads review by Dannii on May 27, 2021

This is the first instalment in The Songs of the Drowned series. Two tribes are all that remain of the free people residing in the forests of Ixachipan, but they may soon cease to do so when just to survive through each day is such a struggle. On one side they are hunted by the empire's melody, which......more

Goodreads review by Julia on March 29, 2021

Once again Stephens manages to write an utterly brilliant and well rounded book. As with her first trilogy, this is definitely on the grim and bloody side of things. And again the divers cast that felt so very real to me was my main draw. The Stone Knife is inspired by Aztec culture and has a wide an......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on April 09, 2024

I have not been this feral for a book since Legacy of the Brightwash. I need a moment to gather my thoughts. Coherent review to come. Maybe. OMG.......more

Quotes

‘THE STONE KNIFE has everything you’d hope for in a Stephens novel: sharp action, cracking pace, and a brutal disregard for our poor feelings. A compelling story of clashing cultures, of duty and ambition and change, that will leave you desperate for the next instalment’Sam Hawke, author of CITY OF LIES ‘A brilliant, grim, and joyous opening to a bloody new trilogy’Stewart Hotston, author of TANGLE’S GAME ‘An epic tale about the bloody repercussions of expansionism. THE STONE KNIFE explores the cruelty of empire through the eyes of characters from vastly different backgrounds, weaving a tapestry of conflict, injustice, and determination’E.J. Beaton, author of THE COUNCILLOR PRAISE FOR THE GODBLIND TRILOGY: ‘A great achievement…no one does swordfights quite like Anna Stephens. We salute her with a bloody gauntlet’ ‘GODBLIND is a triumph of its genre’ ‘Writes her name in blood on the roster of masters of grimdark alongside the likes of Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie’B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog ‘Builds to an epic crescendo…deeply emotional and unexpectedly hopeful’