The Rook, Audio Edition

The Rook, Audio Edition (2012) Daniel O’Malley narrated by Susan Duerden

I had no idea what I wanted to listen to, but needed something engaging, so I decided to go back to The Rook.

“That’s experience talking,” said Shantay. “In these situations, the glass is always half empty.”

“Always?”

“Always,” confirmed the Bishop. “Right until it fills up with some sort of spectral blood that grows into a demonic entity.”

What Thurow had done was in the best traditions of the British Empire: she had simultaneously discovered a species and gone to war with it.

I love this story.

Publisher: Hachette Audio
Rating: 9.5/10

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