Deathless Gods

By: P.C. Hodgell

Narrated by: Jennifer O'Donnell

Jamethiel Knorth, Priest’s Bane and Dream-Weaver, has returned victorious from Tai-tastigon, but trouble dogs the Kencyrath.

There is intrigue among the Highborn. The Randir and his allies want the larger houses to decide for all nine, which would strip the Highlordship from the Knorth.

At Omiroth, a senile king struggles against his venal son-in-law—but if neither of these can rule, the next in line is a mother-dominated child. Kindrie Soul-Walker is captured and thrown in a secret dungeon, a political prisoner. And a Kendar administrator, dissatisfied with the use that Jame is making of the gates, schemes against her, and then against her house and her brother, Torisen Black Lord, Highlord of the Kencyrath.

©2022 P.C. Hodgell (P)2022 Recorded Books

good book

i enjoyed this as much as the previous 9. though the 1st god stalk still stands out to me.

you could call this jame goes south. palaces fall, again, she is often wet, bloody and slightly on fire.

i reccomend it

Keep ‘em coming

The Kencyrath series continue to be my favorite fantasy books. Here is yet another book full of action, intrigue, politics, religion, and excellent characters. Years ago I was afraid we would never see the end of Jame’s story arc, but Hodgell is turning out books more and more frequently and I’ll eat them up as fast as she can publish! It really feels like we’re getting into the meat of the big conflict now and I can’t wait to see what happens next.

This book FULLY assumes you've read the series

Some chronicles explain just enough to introduce a fictional world to a new reader who starts on any book of that series. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE. I couldn't connect with the story or it's characters very well at all, since I haven't read any of the author's other works. So I just followed along, but always with a distinct feeling like being a student at a lecture without having done the prerequisites or homework. *But the narrator did a GREAT job shifting her voice for all the different characters - & with impressive consistency.*

Unable to finish

I started this series over thirty years ago. and am very invested in it. Listening to this book has been very frustrating, there is sometimes very little to differentiate which character is speaking. The voices seem to be the same, the author does not note who is speaking. I am going to retry listening to it, yet again... Worse comes to worst, I will read it myself rather than listening to the audio version. Please address this issue in forthcoming books