The Harp of Kings

The Harp of Kings

2019 • 466 pages

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A young woman is both a bard—and a warrior—in this thrilling historical fantasy from the author of the Sevenwaters novels. Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player. Her brother has a voice to melt the hardest heart, and is a rare talent on the harp. But Liobhan's burning ambition is to join the elite warrior band on Swan Island. She and her brother train there to compete for places, and find themselves joining a mission while still candidates. Their unusual blend of skills makes them ideal for this particular job, which requires going undercover as traveling minstrels. For Swan Island trains both warriors and spies. Their mission: to find and retrieve a precious harp, an ancient symbol of kingship, which has gone missing. If the instrument is not played at the upcoming coronation, the candidate will not be accepted and the kingdom will be thrown into disarray. Faced with plotting courtiers and tight-lipped druids, an insightful storyteller, and a boorish Crown Prince, Liobhan soon realizes an Otherworld power may be meddling in the affairs of the kingdom. When ambition clashes with conscience, Liobhan must make a bold decision—and the consequences may break her heart.

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3 primary books

Warrior Bards

Warrior Bards is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Juliet Marillier.

The Harp of Kings
A Dance with Fate
A Song of Flight

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September 25, 2019

Once again Juliet Marillier is to be congratulated.
An excellent book with a good script, well-structured characters and an impressive pace / action.
A book whose reading I highly recommend.

September 5, 2020