The Virtu

Doctrine of Labyrinths, Book 2

By: Katherine Addison

Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain

His sanity restored, Felix Harrowgate knows there's only one way back to the life he once knew as one of an elite society of wizards: return to Melusine and restore the Virtu, the source of the city's power and protection. After all, it was the manipulations of Felix's former master that destroyed the magical orb. Now that Felix has determined his course of action, there's a very specific companion he needs for this epic journey.

Only Mildmay isn't so keen on Felix's plan. Not only is the assassin and thief grieving his dead lover, he's suffering the ill effects of a curse. Besides, Mildmay isn't so sure a return to Melusine is in Felix's best interests. But there's no persuading Felix otherwise, which means Mildmay is compelled to join forces once more with the mercurial wizard with whom he shares a bond unlike any other.

But neither man expects the evil they encounter when they enter Melusine once more. For Malkar Gennadion, the dark wizard and sadistic master Felix believes himself free of, lies in wait . . .

Contains mature themes.

©2007 Sarah Monette (P)2024 Tantor

Pax

I really enjoyed having a chance to listen to this book after reading it myself so many times. I got a kick out of the differences in pronunciation between the way I’ve been reading many of the names and the way the narrator pronounced them. I'll always have fond memories of the time I took a hardcover of The Virtu with me on vacation to Washington DC. We were relaxing in our hotel room reading one evening and I really startled my husband when I rather unexpectedly exclaimed, "Oh my gosh! Felix kissed him!" :-D