Lord of a Shattered Land

Chronicles of Hanuvar, Book 1

By: Howard Andrew Jones

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

A VAST EMPIRE'S GREATEST FOE. A CONQUERED PEOPLE'S LAST HOPE. HIS NAME IS HANUVAR, AND HE WILL SET HIS PEOPLE FREE!

The Dervan Empire has at last triumphed over Volanus, putting the great city to the torch, its treasures looted, temples defiled, and fields sown with salt. What little remains of Volanus is scattered across the empire, its wealth plundered and its survivors sold into slavery. It is an absolute victory for the Dervans in every way but one.

Hanuvar, last and greatest general of Volanus, still lives. He now travels the length of the Dervan Empire that conquered his homeland, driven by a singular purpose—to find what remains of his people who were carried into slavery across the empire, and free them from subjugation by any means necessary.

Against the might of a vast empire, he had only an aging sword arm, a lifetime of hard-won wisdom, and the greatest military mind in the world, set upon a single goal. No matter what the empire musters against him, no matter what man or monster stands in his way, from the empire's festering capital to its furthest outposts, Hanuvar would find his people, every last one of them.

And he would set them free.

©2023 Howard Andrew Jones (P)2024 Tantor

Short story collection with no connection

A book full of short stories. They are not connected other than being the adventures of a guy. The main character is barely setup in the first short story and no one else.

The writing is good and on their own some of the stories are good but they aren’t connected. Because the characters are never fleshed out I don’t care about their fate or feel any tension.

Best Book I️ have listened to in Years!!!

I️ love this book! Howard Andrew Jones is a master craftsman. This book perfectly mixes sword and sorcery into a quasi historical realm and carries you on boundless adventure not unlike my other favorite authors Robert E Howard and others of this cloth. Highly recommended!

The best fantasy novel of the decade, now in audio.

Years from now fantasy readers will measure the sword and sorcery genre by a new standard: before Hanuvar and after Hanuvar.

This book has everything that makes a great fantasy novel. A memorable well written hero on a quest to save his people from slavery. White knuckle action that will leave you on the edge of your seat. End up brilliantly realized world that will leave you begging for more.

LORD OF A SHATTERED LAND is an easy contender for one of the best fantasy novels of the decade and in time will be recognized as a classic of the genre.

Fantasy has its next great hero, and Hanuvar is his name!

If there is a small complaint? The narrator was fine, but this merits a much more dramatic reading than was delivered. Maybe a full cast adaptation.

New old school swords & sorcery

I loved this book
Reminds me of some of the great novels from years ago. If you like David Gemmell & old Conan stories you’ll love this.

Like the Odyssey but following Hannibal

Very imaginative, and yet grounded in some truth. Fans of both Greek myth and Roman history will find this intriguing. It follows a fictional Hannibal, General of Carthage after the Romans destroyed his city as he quests to rescue his people. The names have all been changed, but it's a very imaginative adventure!