The Desert and the Blade: A Novel of the Change [Emberverse, #12] – S. M. Stirling Free Audiobook

Written by S. M. Stirling
Read by Todd McLaren
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

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File Size: 717 MB
Sampling Rate: 22.05 KHz
Number of Files: 2 [1 audio + 1 text]

Audible Audio Edition [aax converted to mp3]
Listening Length: 26 hours and 18 minutes
Publisher: Recorded Books
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
ASIN: B015EMN708

Reiko, Empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess Órlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer.
Órlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated.
But the fabled sword lies deep within the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. And war is building, in Montival and far beyond.
As Órlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, Órlaith’s mother, Queen Mathildha, believes her daughter’s alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king, and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder.
And the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them.