Sanctuary

Roman’s Chronicles, Book 1

By: Ilona Andrews

Narrated by: Chris Brinkley

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews comes a novella featuring Roman, our favorite Volhv wizard in the always intriguing, colorful, volatile Kate Daniels world.

It’s not easy serving Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and Death…especially during the holidays; and especially when you’re out of eggnog and one of your pesky, freeloading mythic creatures has eaten your last cookie.

Roman would like nothing more than to be left alone, but when a wounded boy stumbles into his yard and begs for sanctuary, Roman takes him in. Now elite mercenaries are camped out on his property, combat mages are dousing the house with fire, and strange priests are unleashing arcane magic. They thought Roman was easy pickings, just a hermit in the woods, but they chose the wrong dark priest to annoy. For while Roman might be patient, he is the Black Volhv, filled with the love of his terrible god. For his adversaries, it's a fight to the death, but for him, it's just another day in the neighborhood.

©2024 Ilona Andrews (P)2024 NYLA

Fast Paced

Loved the glimpse into Roman’s Life! Way to go to the authors! Definitely recommend either reading or listening ( the narrator is fantastic!!!)

Great story!

Beautiful imagery masterfully brought forth by an excellent narrator. Lots of dry humor as well as poignant moments and wonderful twists in an easy listen that only takes a few hours.

Action Packed & Potential of more stories w Roman

A good short story, lots of folk lore condensed in a small book. More than the other books in the Kate Daniels series. Between the narrator and the folk lore this book was a bit on the dry side, but Roman snarky personality showed through enough to enjoy the story. I look forward to more stories from Roman, hopefully with more interaction with the kid’s sister for the next book. Best if read after Kate Daniels series, although the name pronunciation changed. Narrator was okay.

Looking forward to more

Not what I was expecting, but so much better. Hopefully many more will follow. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Worth the wait

Really enjoyed getting to know more about Roman present and past. Awesome, intense, unique storytelling from Ilona Andrews, as usual.

I loved it!!!

I love everything written by Ilona Andrew's answer this was no exception!! I'm so glad Roman got his own story but now I want more!! If you love their Kate Daniels books you will love this!

Story

This book was like the preview from an action film. I immediately looked for the next one. Very engaging.

A rich and intricate tale

Roman's tale is greatly enriched by this book. A compelling story that rounds out his character from the Kate Daniel's books. A great addition to the series.

I didnt' want a textbook.

First, the narrator was excellent! Second, the story was not. It was like reading a textbook about something that was not interesting in so much detail. The story throws so many foreign terms and names at you throughout the book, it is impossible to really follow. With effort, I did find a story in there, but so bogged down with foreign terms it was not enjoyable. I only gave it 3 stars because I love everything else I've read by Ilona Andrews. Had I understood what it was, I would not have bought it.

But the narrator was lovely!

Yes!

Ilona Andrews strikes again! I didn’t realize I was waiting for Roman’s story, but clearly I was. As always, the perfect combination of lore, humanity and humor. Now…what’s next?!?!