The Thousand Eyes

· The Serpent Gates Book 2 · Tor · Narrated by Aysha Kala
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Brilliant, bold and thrilling, The Thousand Eyes by A. K. Larkwood is the epic fantasy sequel to The Unspoken Name.

Could you sacrifice your dreams to escape a nightmare?

Csorwe, Shuthmili and Tal survey abandoned Echentyr worlds to make a living. The empire’s ruins seem harmless but fascinating. Yet disaster strikes when they stumble upon ancient magic during a routine expedition. This revives a warrior who’d slept for an age, reigniting a conflict thousands of years old. And the soldier binds Csorwe to her cause.

Shuthmili is desperate to protect the woman she loves. However, as events escalate, she’s torn. Can she help Csorwe by clinging to her own humanity or by embracing her eldritch powers?

Tal heads home, but his peace is shattered when a magical catastrophe hits his city. The wizard Sethennai is missing and Tal can’t face seeking his former lover to ask for help. So, he flees – but there’s no escaping the future. For throughout the Echo Maze’s linked worlds, fragments of an undead goddess are waking. Soon all must choose a side.

Praise for The Unspoken Name:

‘An outstanding debut . . . unlike anything I’ve read before’ – Nicholas Eames

‘Richly detailed, enthralling and extraordinary’ – Jenn Lyons

‘Stylish, classy and timeless . . . I cannot recommend it enough’ – Tamsyn Muir

‘An adventure I couldn’t put down’ – S. A. Chakraborty

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2.0
1 review
s m
2 June 2022
I think there was a lot of skillful writing at play in this book, however there were also insurmountable drawbacks. I think the narrator of the audiobook/s was frankly terrible. I think they really need to reflect on this performance, because it was professionally embarassing. Their total lack of appropriate tone and intonation made listening a real act of perseverance. Not great. Beyond that, the pacing in this novel was very strained - I think the narrative could have benefitted from a non-liner construction, which could have remedied this to some degree. Stronger editing was clearly necessary, either way. I also think Csorwe's motivation in adopting the Mantle was very poorly extrapolated, and left the key turning point of the plot flapping totally loose. In fact, many key plot points lacked any real internal logic or structural integrity. There was a lot of problem solving that should have been done before this was published. Overall, not recommended. Love Tal though.
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About the author

A. K. Larkwood studied English at St John’s College, Cambridge. Since then, she has worked in higher education and media relations, and is now studying law. She lives in Oxford with her wife and a cat. She is the author of The Unspoken Name.

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