House of Open Wounds

De: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrado por: David Thorpe

From the BSFA Award-Winning Author of City Of Last Chances

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline.

Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit.

Led by 'the Butcher', an ogre of a man who's a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit's motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Theirs is an unspeakable trade: elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers.

Entrusted—for now—with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, the field hospital's crew face a precarious existence. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and Yansic's thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested or worse.

Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle.

©2023 Adrian Tchaikovsky (P)2023 Head of Zeus

Great plot wonderfully narrated

Super witty and funny writing, albeit somewhat predictable at times (not always though). David Thorpe is imho one of the best narrators, giving many of the characters their own distinct and recognizable personalities.

Excellent story

Fantastic storyline, hilarious characters and such a sad ending. I hope there is more coming!

Great climax

everything came together in such a satisfying way, the world building is so dense and intriguing. Similar humor and writing style to Terry Pratchett, would read again. Also loved the Narrator, great voices and switching accents

Best book of the series so far, and this is my favorite series.

Absolutely fantastic expansion of the series' characters and universe. It's just utterly delightful and intriguing.

Great ending

The characters were wonderful and so were the voices. But the ending was best…part foreseeable satisfaction and part surprise whose groundwork was the entire book to that point.

Hold on and listen up

Wow, what an epic series!! bounces around a bit with a , you really must be paying attention to witness the one line that changes everything and doesn't get referenced again. classic.

Fav parts or the 8-9 conversations with God. absoluty brilliant! Same masterstroke in previous book.

fantastic

really a great yarn. better than the first. amazing performance. very fun world. word. word word word.

Beautifully written story amazingly performed.

Tchaikovsky’s writing is an absolute joy and it took me getting the audio book to figure out at least part of what appeals to me about it. The narrator’s performance was stunning and made the delicious language come to life. It dawned on me that the language was to me similar to the calm, cozy language of AA Milne. I read a lot of Milne to my kids and would find myself just loving the way he wrote. It’s hard to describe exactly what it is. It has nothing to do with the fact that Milne’s audience may have been younger. It has to do with the artistry of his words, and to me anyway, Tchaikovsky’s writing paints with similar feeling and power. Saying a lot with very little. I wish I had a fraction of the artistic sense. The narrator seems to have been able to capture the feeling of the writing in what to me was an incredible spot on performance. Amazing. Thanks.

Fun Story with Excellent Narration

I enjoyed the first book but this one was a knockout. The first book was very heavy on the word building and it pays off in book 2 which focuses on the characters. If you enjoy stories revolving around found family, fantasy, and humor then you'd like this book.

I never want this series to end

such a whip snart. hilarious and poignant story full of really great characters with depth and nuance Truly enjoyed the Devil out of this series