Warsworn

Chronicles of the Warlands, Book 2

By: Elizabeth Vaughan

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Lara is the Warprize.

A powerful healer, she has sworn an oath of loyalty to Keir the Warlord, and his people. Now the Warlord and his chosen mate face enemies within the tribe and danger lurks on every hand as they journey toward Keir's homeland.

When they reach a village marked with the warnings of the plague, Keir forbids Lara to heal the sick, commanding that she not risk her own life. But both Lara and Kier are strong of will and neither will bend easily, even for love; and when Lara disobeys, she pays the price: both she and Kier are plague-struck... and so is their entire encampment.

In the midst of the dying, Iften, a rival warrior, gathers his followers and challenges Keir for the right to rule their tribe. If Keir, weakened by the sickness, loses -- he dies.

And so does Lara.

To save her love, her life, and her adopted people, Lara must find a cure for the plague -- and fully embrace her sworn role as Warprize to her Warlord.

©2006 Elizabeth Vaughan (P)2018 Elizabeth Vaughan

Love these books!

I read these books when they first came out years ago and they were one of my favorite series. I am so happy they are finally becoming available as audio books as I rarely have time to actually read. I feel like the narrator is doing a wonderful job, and I can't wait for book 3, and more!

Great Adventure and Romance

Performance was great. I can’t bring myself to stop listening. I find that the story is balanced with enough romance without being crass, enough adventure and mystery.

Disappointed...it was long and sad

I loved the first book but this one was just sad and honestly, very boring. The book revolves around a plague hitting the army and how Laura and Kier handle it. At first I thought it would only last a few chapters, but the ENTIRE book is about the plague. I'm guessing the plot was for setting up for the third book, but it was very drawn out and very depressing. Laura crys nearly every chapter in self pity and argues with everyone. It was sad to see various relationships change and deaths on some really cool characters. One death in particular was very upsetting to me, yet somehow underwhelming. The character was killed off oddly and I felt it was unnecessary. Character development seemed very minor in this book and most of the characters from book 1 were not included or only vaguely touched upon. I missed the politics, cat and mouse games, and slight mystery from book 1 and I hope that book 3 is much better.

I have enjoyed these books very much

I I am really enjoying this series I cannot wait for book 3 it had my attention the whole time it hurt everything I look for in a book humor romance action mystery it had it all so happy I found the series I hope book 3 is available soon

The people of the plains

Unfortunately, the people of the plains are starting to be a bit disgusting with their lack of morality. I hope that in the next book they begin to learn the ways of the morality from the city people. The mourning ceremony was particularly gross and shameful **gag**

Where is book 3?

I read this series a long time ago and loved it. When I saw that it was narrated by Susan Ericksen, I hesitated. See, I love her narration of J.D. Robb's In Death series so much, to me she has become Eve Dallas. It's hard to hear her narrating a different story and not think of Eve. However, I soon got over my prejudice and lost myself in the story. As usual, she did a wonderful job.

loved the story before and love the narration now

loved the book when it first came out and they did a good job selecting a narrator. if you like well developed alternate realities give it a try. the first chapter a little bloody but then the story gets going and the blood eases up.

Cried a lot with this story

Great narration but I cried several times listening. I will listen to the next one but hope it won’t be as sad.

Characters learn from the ways of two very different cultures

Gradual development of relationships and understanding are challenged by resistance. The story is strong and made more so by the excellent narration!

This was hard

This is a continuation of the Chronicles of the Warlands series. This was hard to get through. Not because it was a bad story. But because it was good. I’m invested in these characters story and their lives. Which makes it hard to see them go through hard times. It was painful to see things start to go bad. And not just the loss of life but the obstacles and opposition that is starting to mount against Kier and Lara. That’s the part that was hard to get through. And it’s really only beginning. The next book is where they will face their most opposition I think.