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Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2)

Michael J. Sullivan

Start date: January 5, 2024

Finish date: January 19, 2024

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Jul 12, 2011 Michael added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Shelves: sword-play, fantasy, the-riyria-revelations, fiction, adventure, favorites, magic, books-i-ve-written

I'm the author of this book, so I'm not going to do a rating but I did want to take just a moment to say a few words about what I was trying to do in this book.

For those who don't know, I wrote all six books in the series before publishing any of them (truth be told when I wrote the books I had no intention on publishing at all). This allowed me to weave threads between the books, but I made sure that each title had its own conflict and resolution. My intention was to start small and end big, wi ...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Michael added it · (Review from the author)

Shelves: books-i-ve-written

Those that know me, are aware that I never rate or review my own books. But I do use this space as a way to update you on things that you might find interesting.

Update: 06/04/25 — Theft of Swords on sale for $1.99!

Update: 10/07/23 — Theft of Swords on sale again for $2.99!

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Update: 03/27/20 -- Theft of Swords ebook is on sale for $2.99. I'm not sure if this is just US or not, and I'm not sure how long it will be discounted. So grab your copy soon! More than 22 ...more

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Mar 25, 2017 Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~ rated it it was ok

Shelves: year-2017, 2-star

Actual Rating: 2.5 Stars

So Theft of Swords is actually a bind up of two novels, The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha. It follows the adventures of swords for hire, Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater.

My main struggle with this book is that neither of the stories really delved deep enough for me to invest. Every so often a scene would catch and hold my attention, but it was a bit of a roller coaster on my end.

I feel like I don't know Royce or Hadrian hardly at all. Aside from some good comedic mo ...more

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Jul 31, 2014 Chris Haught rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, 2014-read-owned, 2014-sffbc-challenge

Re-reading this so I can continue and finish up the Riyria Revelations series. Listening to the audio this time around.

Excellent reading to an already excellent book. Tim Gerard Reynolds really makes the characters come alive, and his narration is spot on. Even though I've read this book a couple of times already, I found myself eagerly looking forward to picking up the earbuds and listening in on Hadrian and Royce.

Here are my original reviews, from 2009:

The Crown Conspiracy: https://www.goodre ...more

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Mar 23, 2019 Lesa Divine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-list, read-it, i-own, 2019, april-2023

1st read 3/2019 5 🌟
My reread was just enjoyable as when I read for the first time.

Enjoy Hadrian and Royce friendship. From bad guys to good guys doing bad things. But for a reason.

I'll continue to reread the rest of this series. Pull me out of a slump from sucky books.

2nd reread 4/2023 still 5 ⭐ ...more

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Nov 02, 2012 Shelli rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012, favorites

I loved this!! I just finished and was absolutely bummed that it was over already. It was not a short book as this was a combination of the first two books in the series...but I was that involved in the story. I am so glad there are more books! This is great fantasy. An interesting Kingdom with some unique scenarios that lead to some great epic adventures. Best of all, it is filled with fabulous characters....two in particular.....Hadrian and Royce. I just love these guys. I became extremely att ...more

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