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The Emperor's Conscience
- The Emperor's Conscience, Book 1
- Narrated by: David A. Conatser with Storyline Voice-Over
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Part guardian, part priest, Evanar Hostric is a broken mage with a dark side.
Traveling to answer a mysterious offer from the emperor, he finds himself the enemy of one of the most powerful nobles in the land. But discovering the archduke’s secret - that he is selling children to his wealthy friends to fund a rebellion - suits Evan just fine.
Locked in a race to save those that society ignored, he is beleaguered at every step and finds himself more and more willing to do horrible things in the pursuit of right.
Evanar Hostric is the emperor’s conscience, but does that leave room for one of his own?
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- Vex Meister
- 05-21-21
Wasn't expecting that!
Dam that was fun. Great twists, action and interesting main characters!
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This was a nice new gem I got lucky to find. I actually put Arcane Ascension 3 and Cycle of Galand 8 on hold, two of my favorites.
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Yet now I have bought to READ on kindle the other books since audiobook recording is not out and don't want to wait. That's a VERY rare thing. Last time I did that was for one of the King's Dark Tidings book by Kel Kade.
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