The Virtu, Katherine Addison
The Virtu, Katherine Addison
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The Virtu

Author: Katherine Addison

Narrator: Shawn K. Jain

Unabridged: 15 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/22/2024


Synopsis

His sanity restored, Felix Harrowgate knows there's only one way back to the life he once knew as one of an elite society of wizards: return to Mélusine and restore the Virtu, the source of the city's power and protection. After all, it was the manipulations of Felix's former master that destroyed the magical orb. Now that Felix has determined his course of action, there's a very specific companion he needs for this epic journey.

Only Mildmay isn't so keen on Felix's plan. Not only is the assassin and thief grieving his dead lover, he's suffering the ill effects of a curse. Besides, Mildmay isn't so sure a return to Mélusine is in Felix's best interests. But there's no persuading Felix otherwise, which means Mildmay is compelled to join forces once more with the mercurial wizard with whom he shares a bond unlike any other.

But neither man expects the evil they encounter when they enter Mélusine once more. For Malkar Gennadion, the dark wizard and sadistic master Felix believes himself free of, lies in wait . . .

Contains mature themes.

About Katherine Addison

Katherine Addison is a pseudonym for Sarah Monette. She is the author of numerous short fiction titles and two collections: The Bone Key and Somewhere Beneath Those Waves. Her short fiction has been selected by The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and The Year's Best Science Fiction. Katherine lives near Madison, Wisconsin.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila on February 22, 2017

3 stars--I liked it. Felix is still a prat and Mildmay is still an angel. There are some pacing issues here (an overly quick resolution to the important ending, but some wandering in the middle) that could have been tightened up, but I greatly enjoy this series. On to book 3!......more

Goodreads review by Juxian on February 06, 2017

Since it was the second book of the series and I read it right after first, it didn't cause me the same unexpected, breathtaken delight as 'Melusine'. It was - oh, simply - the same good as the first book. And I enjoyed every second of reading it. And I fell even more in love with the characters I a......more

Goodreads review by Meg on July 19, 2012

Virtu Or The Continuing Saga of Felix Trying Not To Be A Dick And Failing At It Subtitle: Why Can't I Stop Liking Felix He Is Such A Dick But I Still Like Him, The Prick Sometimes, picking up a sequel is risky. Certainly Virtu had that risked since it promised a certain fundamental change from the first......more

Goodreads review by Wealhtheow on October 10, 2007

This is the sequel to Melusine. Renegade wizard Felix Harrowgate has regained his sanity but is hated, feared and scoffed at across two continents because of his dark past, madness and most recent betrayal, in which he inadvertantly broke the Virtu, the magical core of the Mirador. With his half-br......more