A Dance of Cloaks

Name: A Dance of Cloaks
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.58 (24 reviews)
Author: David Dalglish
ISBN: 9781478979081

Author: David Dalglish

Series: Shadowdance #1

Narrator: Elijah Alexander

Unabridged: 14 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/08/2013

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Dark Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Urban, Historical Fiction

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

From USA Today bestselling author David Dalglish
The Underworld rules the city of Veldaren. Thieves, smugglers, assassins. . . they fear only one man.

In book #1 of the Shadowdance series, Thren Felhorn is the greatest assassin of his time. All the thieves' guilds of the city are under his unflinching control. If he has his way, death will soon spill out from the shadows and into the streets.

Aaron is Thren's son, trained to be heir to his father's criminal empire. He's cold, ruthless -- everything an assassin should be. But when Aaron risks his life to protect a priest's daughter from his own guild, he glimpses a world beyond piston, daggers, and the iron rule of his father.

Assassin or protector; every choice has its consequences.

Fantasy author David Dalglish spins a tale of retribution and darkness, and an underworld reaching for ultimate power.

About David Dalglish

David Dalglish currently lives in rural Missouri with his wife, Samantha, and daughters Morgan and Katherine. He graduated from Missouri Southern State University in 2006 with a degree in Mathematics and currently spends his free time playing not nearly enough Warhammer 40K.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric on November 07, 2017

3 Stars Decent is probably the best word I can use to describe this book. It isn't bad, but there wasn't anything outstanding about it I could point to either. Still, if assassins/thief guilds are your thing it may be worth giving it a shot. The plot focuses on a conflict between the thieves guilds of......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on February 06, 2017

I'm left feeling quite conflicted after finishing this book. I did throughly enjoyed this book but I was also in a constant state of confusion while reading it. There are so damn many names and places and it all moves so quickly that it's insanely difficult to keep everything straight. But part of w......more

Goodreads review by Mihir on September 03, 2011

CLASSIFICATION: Featuring a world wherein there are multiple factions at work, this book is a dark, character-driven, gritty fantasy novel in the vein of George R.R. Martin, Brent Weeks and Peter V. Brett. FORMAT/INFO: A Dance of Cloaks is 217 pages divided over twenty nine numbered chapters with a p......more

Goodreads review by Lee on November 15, 2016

I have to say that this story didn't get me that excited. To be honest, I think a large part of that is because of the narration, which is some of the worst I have heard. The narrator is fine with the story itself, but his characters are just awful and it makes you cringe so much that it becomes unl......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on October 04, 2013

First posted at Fantasy Review Barn Update 10/4/13- I received a copy of the now traditionally published version from NetGalley. At the 40% mark I realized I had no desire to reread the whole book. I checked my book marks from the old version and skipped around the new and didn't find any major diffe......more

Quotes

"Fast, furious, and fabulous."—Michael J. Sullivan, author of Theft of Swords

"[A] winning combination of A Game of Thrones, sword-and-sorcery RPGs, and vivid description...Dalglish puts familiar pieces together with a freshness and pleasure that are contagious."—Publishers Weekly

"Strong characterization as well as detailed action...a believable tale of a young man's coming-of-age and the difficult decisions he must make. His saga should appeal to fans of R.A. Salvatore and Richard Lee Byers."—Library Journal