The Vacant Throne
About this audiobook
The Kingless Land is kingless no more, for the Sleeping King of legend, King Kelgrael, has been awakened by the efforts of the Band of Four: Hawkril, a bold and brave warrior gifted with great strength and fortitude; Craer, the crafty and clever thief; Sarasper, the learned and wise healer; and, last but not least, Lady Embra Silvertree, the mystical Lady of Jewels, a powerful sorceress.
With the aid of the magical powers of the Dwaerindim Stones, the king’s curse has been lifted. But it will take more than the power of a single Dwaerindim to allow him to occupy the long-vacant throne of the land, for there are ambitious and devious barons ready to challenge him for his royal dominion. While inhuman and dark forces lurk, the Band of Four must set out again on an arduous quest for the secret that will allow the kingdom to return to the safety and prosperity of its former glory.
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About the author
Ed Greenwood is an award-winning Canadian writer and game designer. Although most Canadians don't know his name, he has been in the top ten (usually top five) writers of bestselling Canadian fiction writers almost every year of the last two decades. Ed created the Forgotten Realms® fantasy world for the Dungeons and Dragons game; it has been featured in board, role-playing, computer, and card games; comic books; and a bestselling novel line that has spanned twenty years and hundreds of titles by more than sixty writers, including R. A. Salvatore's famous Drizzt novels. Ed is currently Canada's only judge for the prestigious World Fantasy Awards, and he has published over 170 books that have sold millions of copies worldwide in over a dozen languages. Ed usually writes fantasy but has also written science fiction, horror, romance, mysteries, song lyrics, poetry, and many, many magazine articles and columns. He even appeared (as himself) in comic books published by DC Comics and by TSR, Inc. Ed's novels regularly climb the New York Times and other major bestseller lists; his 1987 novel Spellfire has sold over three million copies worldwide in various editions, and the Waldenbooks bookstore chain reported that his novel Crown of Fire was its top-selling game-related publication of 1994. His writing has won many awards throughout the years, and he was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design's Origins Awards Hall of Fame in 2003. Ed has been an editor of Dragon Magazine and a columnist for the Campaign Hack (Canada's longest-running gaming magazine), the media magazine Realms, Polyhedron Newszine, Cryptych, and several other fantasy and gaming periodicals. He is a charter lifetime member of the Role Playing Game Association and a lifetime active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He lives in Ontario, Canada.
Stuart Langton is an award-winning theater, film, and television actor. He has been an audiobook narrator for more than ten years. He lives in New York City.
