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Navola
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping literary fantasy about the young scion from a ruling-class family who faces rebellion as he ascends to power.
"Steeped in poison, betrayal, and debauchery, reading Navola is like slipping into a luxurious bath full of blood." (Holly Black, number one New York Times best-selling author)
"You must be as sharp as a stilettotore’s dagger and as subtle as a fish beneath the waters. This is what it is to be Navolese, this is what it is to be di Regulai."
In Navola, a bustling city-state dominated by a handful of influential families, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family—merchant bankers with a vast empire—has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth has bought cities and toppled kingdoms. Soon, Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power from his father and demonstrate his mastery of the games of Navolese diplomacy: knowing who to trust and who to doubt, and how to read what lies hidden behind a smile. But in Navola, strange and ancient undercurrents lurk behind the gilt and grandeur—like the fossilized dragon eye in the family’s possession, a potent symbol of their raw power and a talisman that seems to be summoning Davico to act.
As tensions rise and the events unfold, Davico will be tested to his limits. His fate depends on the eldritch dragon relic and on what lies buried in the heart of his adopted sister, Celia di Balcosi, whose own family was destroyed by Nalova’s twisted politics. With echoes of Renaissance Italy, The Godfather, and Game of Thrones, Navola is a stunning feat of world-building and a mesmerizing depiction of drive and will.
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- Jon Broster
- 29-08-24
Another classic from Bacigalupi
Have you ever picked up a book and been intrigued by the blurb, only to be left disappointed by poor writing and execution?
Or have you gone to the cinema with high hopes for a new movie and left feeling underwhelmed?
Navola will not disappoint.
Once again the author proves that he is a master of all aspects of fiction writing: pacing, plot, world building, character creation are all excellent.
This is most definitely fantasy, but the fantasy elements are relatively few (so don't expect the hero to give birth to a dragon's egg and fly off into the sunset!)
After 20+ hours I have something of the feeling loss one experiences when coming to the end of an awesome narrative - I just want more.
(Be warned - there are numerous brutal scenes - murder, torture, rape - this definitely belongs somewhere in the Grim Dark oeuvre.)
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