Tread of Angels

Name: Tread of Angels
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.1 (2 reviews)
Author: Rebecca Roanhorse
ISBN: 9781797148618

Author: Rebecca Roanhorse

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 11/15/2022

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Indigenous, Fantasy

Synopsis

Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in an “intricate…engrossing” (The Washington Post) new world of dark fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse.

The year is 1883 and the mining town of Goetia is booming as prospectors from near and far come to mine the powerful new element Divinity from the high mountains of Colorado with the help of the pariahs of society known as the Fallen. The Fallen are the descendants of demonkind living amongst the Virtues, the winners in an ancient war, with the descendants of both sides choosing to live alongside Abaddon’s mountain in this tale of the mythological West from the bestselling mastermind Rebecca Roanhorse.

About Rebecca Roanhorse

Rebecca Roanhorse is the New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth World series and the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. She has won multiple awards for her fiction including the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards. She has also written for Marvel and Lucasfilm, and for hit TV series including A Murder At the End of the World and Echo. She lives in New Mexico with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the Chutzpah!

My thanks to Gallery/Saga Press. It's just a fact that I'm a Roanhorse fan. But...This story just wasn't my groove. Whether it was the time or people, I couldn't tell. But, I struggled to get through it. And in truth, I actually didn't finish it. I'd read a few pages at a time, and dread having to come......more

Goodreads review by Mara

3.5 stars - All the elements of this are SO up my alley: fantasy western setting, angel/demon magic, whodunnit plot, family dynamics, and a romantic element. I think, however, for this to have shone fully, it needed at least another 100 pages to let the story develop and breathe. I would 100% read m......more

Goodreads review by luce (that loser who is always crying)

❀ blog ❀ thestorygraph ❀ letterboxd ❀ tumblr ❀ ko-fi ❀ 3 ½ stars In this novella Rebecca Roanhorse once again shows off her world-building skills. I was intrigued from the very start by the genre-defying world Roanhorse envisions in Tread of Angels. The story unfolds in Goetia, a town ruled by the m......more

Goodreads review by Zoraida

I will read anything Rebecca writes.......more

Quotes

"Narrator Dion Graham's superb performance helps to create a weird and wonderful fantasy world based around Goetia, a town full of demon- and angel-type characters with a Western feel. When Goetian slum resident Mariel is accused of murder, her sister, Celeste, sets out to prove her innocence, using every method open to her. Graham's narration is the perfect match to this tale. As he skillfully brings alive the broad cast of characters, his voicing of Celeste is particularly notable. His pitch-perfect timing keeps the listener engaged, and his authentic-sounding pronunciation of the evocative names gives a sense of reality to this otherwise alternative world."