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The Barrow

Written by: Mark Smylie
Narrated by: Michael Page
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When a small crew of scoundrels, would-be heroes, deviants, and ruffians discover a map that they believe will lead them to a fabled sword buried in the barrow of a long-dead wizard, they think they've struck it rich. But their hopes are dashed when the map turns out to be cursed and then is destroyed in a magical ritual. The loss of the map leaves them dreaming of what might have been, until they rediscover the map in a most unusual and unexpected place.

Stjepan Black-Heart, suspected murderer and renegade royal cartographer; Erim, a young woman masquerading as a man; Gilgwyr, brothel owner extraordinaire; Leigh, an exiled magus under an ignominious cloud; Godewyn Red-Hand, mercenary and troublemaker; Arduin Orwain, scion of a noble family brought low by scandal; and Arduin's sister, Annwyn, the beautiful cause of that scandal: together they form a cross-section of the Middle Kingdoms of the Known World, united by accident and dark design, on a quest that will either get them all in the history books or get them all killed.

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"Genuinely inspired, shockingly erotic, and completely fantastic." (John R. Fultz, author of Seven Sorcerers)

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great story!

loved the story, didn't care for the voice. lol, I believe more than one voice actor should have been used. and a woman should have played the women's roles.

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Darkly fascinating

I just finished a re-read of this book while listening to the audiobook.

The adiobook is well narrated, great performance by Micheal Page.

I enjoyed the overall story and setting. The Known World by Mark Smylie (Artesia comic books and The Barrow) has a great and complex world building and is quite colorful.

This book is harsh, horrific and quite violent. It has explicit scenes. Everything is there to make you recoil from the nasty exploring a barrow of a long dead necromancer a true horror tale. This story isn't for the squeamish!



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