The Widow's House

Name: The Widow's House
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Daniel Abraham
ISBN: 9781549155949

Author: Daniel Abraham

Series: Dagger and the Coin #4

Narrator: Pete Bradbury

Unabridged: 14 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/15/2019

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Action & Adventure, Sagas

Synopsis

The rise of the dragon and fall of kings.

Lord Regent Geder Palliako's war has led his nation and the priests of the spider goddess to victory after victory. No power has withstood him, except for the heart of the one woman he desires. As the violence builds and the cracks in his rule begin to show, he will risk everything to gain her love or else her destruction.

Clara Kalliam, the loyal traitor, is torn between the woman she once was and the woman she has become. With her sons on all sides of the conflict, her house cannot stand, but there is a power in choosing when and how to fall.

And in Porte Oliva, banker Cithrin bel Sarcour and Captain Marcus Wester learn the terrible truth that links this war to the fall of the dragons millennia before, and that to save the world, Cithrin must conquer it.

For more from Daniel Abraham, check out:

The Dagger and the Coin
The Dragon's Path
The King's Blood
The Tyrant's Law
The Widow's House
The Spider's War

About Daniel Abraham

Daniel Abraham is an author of epic fantasy. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, and his novels include the Dagger and the Coin series. His work has been nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. He also writes urban fantasy as MLN Hanover and science fiction with Ty Franck under the name James S. A. Corey. Daniel lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik on September 08, 2021

A penultimate installment filled with war, tactics, and intrigues. The stage for the conclusion of the series has been established nicely. “These are the weapons that greater forces use against each other. Put two boys to fighting each other with sticks, and the boys may come away well or poo......more

Goodreads review by Emma on February 10, 2017

I love this series, I really do! This was the 4th of 5. I found this one to get off to a much faster start than the other volumes but possibly losing a little pace in the middle. A lot of readers of this book have been disappointed that there wasn't more of Inys in the story, as I was initially; but......more

Goodreads review by Scott on December 04, 2016

Another great installment. The plot has thickened and I cannot wait to read the last book. Inys was the great addition to this book. His causal arrogance and insouciant view of mankind was comedy gold. I do wonder (view spoiler)[ Will Geder betray the priests at the end? For the spiders to be wiped out will Kit be (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by James on October 08, 2022

It's difficult for me to review The Widow's House without repeating sentiments from the previous three reviews I've done for this series, and without spoiling it by chatting about elements that make this book different from the previous entries. I will say that The Widow's House starts off more acti......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 26, 2014

A solid, but "unspectacular" installment in the Dagger and Coin series. If a trilogy can suffer 2nd book syndrome, maybe a quintet can suffer 4th book syndrome? I expect that this is merely the calm before the storm and we are in line for a strong finale. A love sick Geder Palliako would have been a......more