The Hallowed Hunt

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Lois McMaster Bujold returns to the vivid, perilous world of her previous masterworks, the Hugo Award-winning Paladin of Souls and Hugo and World Fantasy Award-nominated The Curse of Chalion, with this tale of devotion and strange destiny.

The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile. It falls to Lord Ingrey kin Wilfcliff to transport the prince to his burial place and to bring the accused killer, Lady Ijada, to judgment. His mission is an ugly and delicate one, for the imminent death of the old Hallow King has placed the crown in play, and the road he travels with his burden and his prisoner is fraught with danger. But in the midst of political chaos, magic has the fiercer hold on Ingrey's destiny, and Ijada herself may turn out to be the only one he dares trust.

Don't miss Lois McMaster Bujold's other books about Chalion, The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls.©2005 Lois McMaster Bujold (P)2007 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Inventive, with engaging characters and lively storytelling." (Denver Post)

"Bujold's reworking of a classic romantic situation is distinguished by its setting in a well-crafted world and masterly creation of characters whose fates will keep readers turning the pages." (Booklist)

"Absorbing....Bujold's ability to sustain a breathless pace of action while preserving a heady sense of verisimilitude in a world of malignant wonders makes this big novel occasionally brilliant and not a word too long." (Publishers Weekly)

narrator weakness

I really enjoy Bujold's stories, especially when the narrator can bring them to life. Sadly, that is not the case with this book. Ms. Gavin's style is forced and occasional mispronunciations really irk.

Wonderful

I brink this is my favorite book by this author. It held my attention the whole way through.

Good story

The ending took a little longer to reach than I would have liked but the fact the characters behaved rationally the whole way through mage up for it. Great performance

so so

So far I've like all this authors books but this one while good wasn't as good as the others
I'd still recomend it as a listen if you are a fan of hers. Else go with one of her other books first.

Surprising Low Point

As a die-hard Bujold fan, this book caught me off guard as a rare flop.
The story is rather disjointed, the character development and world building I associate with her is largely missing.
But most of all the wry and penetrating commentary on human action and reaction was gone.

And THEN there’s the narrator.
The strange sing-songy yet flat affect was hard to listen to. Add that to the long list of word mis-pronunciations and well - This is a listen once and never again book.
Which for me w/ Bujold is a first.
The other 2 books in the main series are interesting. And the Pen & Des novellas are a delight