When Swords Fall Silent

An Epic Fantasy Anthology

By: Bryce O'Connor, David Dalglish, JA Andrews, Terry Mancour, Luke Chmilenko, M.L. Wang, Marie Brennan, Michael J Sullivan, Philip C. Quaintrell, RJ Barker, Andrew Rowe

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds, Travis Baldree, John Lee, Kate Reading, Steven Brand, Emily Lawrence, Mikael Naramore, Nikki Massoud, full cast

Only one profession is at once more reviled and revered than any other...that of the hired blade. The paid killer. The assassin.

The When Swords Fall Silent anthology showcases the imaginations and talents of more than a dozen of the best modern science-fiction and fantasy authors, with each tale centered around one or more characters burdened with a bloody task they will see to completion no matter the cost. Every story takes you for a vicious ride through a world of shadow and death, each as unique in perspective and execution as the contracts carried out within.

This anthology includes work from the following writers:

Terry Mancour, Bryce O'Connor, David Dalglish, JA Andrews, Jonathan French, Luke Chmilenko, M.L. Wang, Marie Brennan, Michael J. Sullivan, Philip C. Quaintrell, RJ Barker, Andrew Rowe, Jay Boyce, Peter Flannery.

The stories within are read by the following narrators:

Tim Gerard Reynolds, Travis Baldree, John Lee, Kate Reading, Steven Brand, Emily Lawrence, Matthew Wolf, Mikael Naramore, Nikki Massoud, Kevin Kenerly, Eva Kaminsky, Kaleo Griffith.

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Intriguing stories read by compelling narrators

I find myself gravitating towards specific authors and even specific narrators. So, I buying anthologies to experience different narrators and authors.

Anthologies are always hard because there will be stories I don't like and narrators whose voice just don't sound right to me.

This is the first anthology that I've listened to that I've liked most of the authors and narrators.

An incredible collection of amazing stories!

Each short story in this collection is expertly written and performed by the best in the business.
I've listened to it several times and it's always amazing.

Assassins get their due

A rich compendium of novelettes covering the secret lives and life of executioners who ply their trade in the shadows. The cast of well-known and acclaimed writers insured the variety of plots, many that I hope were teasers for eventual full series. Finally, the list of renowned narrators was guaranteed to make for a pleasurable listening experience.

Overall well done

Having read through some of the more negative reviews I think they miss the point. With this many stories and authors it is a given one will find some better than others.

My 5-star rating is based on this book as a whole. I found more than 75% of the stories entertaining and enjoyable. I found three new authors to look into and was familiar with most of the others. That’s about as good as it gets for this kind of work.

Best to read other books by authors first

I was fortunate to have listened to almost all of the books all the authors have written before reading this. So I already understood most of the worlds/characters. For me this was a good compilation of short stories that added more depth to what I've already experienced. Good work to all involved!

Great stories. loved the exposure to new authors

a couple standout favorites for sure and only one I skipped without finishing. all in all, very good.

Some guy that likes audiobooks

This book has a combination a great Authors and Narrators, but some of the stories didn't catch my interest. If at all possible, I would definitely like to see complete books on the first story and "A Twist of Fate". There were a couple other stories that I was interested in but those 2 were my top picks out of the book.

it was decent

The stories were pretty good once I warmed up to them I only had the problem that I was longing to get back to another book that may have brought my appreciation down a slight amount but the fact that the stories eventually captivated my interest speaks volumes to the fact that I did want to get back to my other book and I was still able to be interested

Stories varied by quality

The stories throughout this short story collection varied in the quality that was shown. Overall there was a few that I felt were great, a handful that were okay to a little better, and the rest i felt missed the mark. The stories do however show how well many of these writers can do even when they are semi-limited in space as many of the stories still felt to have a throughout background to the world at least to the area that it takes place. Would recommend the stories to anyone that is interested in assassins as many of them follow different breeds of that profession. Overall solid stories and amazing performances by the cast of voices.

This was fun

I downloaded it because I love Terry mancour and John lee. It was great to get introduced to new authors and I stayed till the end to hear TM s story. Fun