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    The Lives of Saints
    The Lives of Saints
    The Lives of Saints
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Lives of Saints

    Written by Leigh Bardugo

    Narrated by Ben Barnes and Lauren Fortgang

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    About this audiobook

    See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 premiering March 16, 2023! As seen in the show, bring home a piece of the Grishaverse with this artifact from the world.

    Dive into the epic world of international bestselling author Leigh Bardugo with this beautifully illustrated replica of The Lives of Saints, the Istorii Sankt’ya, featuring tales of saints drawn from the beloved novels and beyond. Out of the pages of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt’ya is a magical keepsake from the Grishaverse.

    These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint.

    As seen on screen in the Netflix series, this beautiful collection includes stunning full-color illustrations of each story.

    Read all the books in the Grishaverse!

    The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
    (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
    Shadow and Bone
    Siege and Storm
    Ruin and Rising

    The Six of Crows Duology
    Six of Crows
    Crooked Kingdom

    The King of Scars Duology
    King of Scars
    Rule of Wolves

    The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
    The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic
    The Lives of Saints
    Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel

    Praise for the Grishaverse

    “A master of fantasy.” —The Huffington Post
    “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” —The Guardian
    “This is what fantasy is for.” —The New York Times Book Review
    “A world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” —NPR
    “The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” —Entertainment Weekly
    “Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” —USA Today
    “There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” —Vanity Fair
    “Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” —Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent
    “Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” —Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series

    A Macmillan Audio production from Imprint

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateDec 8, 2020
    ISBN9781250819147
    The Lives of Saints
    Author

    Leigh Bardugo

    Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, The Language of Thorns, and the King of Scars duology—with more to come. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019). She lives in Los Angeles and is an Associate Fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.

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    • 5/5
      Beautiful artwork! I was in love with it all. It felt like listening to a new version of the Grimm's Fairy Tales.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Love to hear more about the stories of the saints of Shadow and Bone! And nothing better than being narrated by Ben Barnes ?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      listening to ben barnes reading the last story (the starless saint) in my ear was an experience i did not know i needed
    • 3/5
      Rövid élettörténetek a Grishaverzum köteteiben említett szentekhez. Annyira nem vagyok rajongója a sorozatnak, tetszett, de azért nem imádtam. Ez a kötet gyakorlatilag a Shadow and Bone-ban emlegetett könyvecske teljes változata. Mivel kiegészítő kötet, így nem is vártam sokat tőle, voltak érdekes, tanulságos történetek benne, és ennyi.
      Nyilvánvalóan ennek a nagyobb lényege a nyomtatott verzió szépsége, én viszont csak hangoskönyvben hallgattam. (Hozzátenném, hogy sajnos Ben Barnes csak a férfi szentek történeteit olvasta, amiből viszonylag kevés volt a kötetben. És mivel én azt hittem, hogy az egészet ő olvassa fel, picit csalódtam.)
    • 5/5
      I'm still behind in the Grishaverse books but decided to jump ahead to this one because really it's just a collection of origin stories about the fictional saints in the Grishaverse. Reminiscent of The Language of Thorns in the way it was written with the stories being folkloric. Unnecessary, but I enjoyed it and thought it added an extra layer to the world.
    • 2/5
      Love the narrators but I don't see the point of this book
    • 4/5
      What a wonderful book, so short yet so powerful! Honestly enjoyed each one
    • 5/5
      Esse audiobook é incrível! Eu já espera a que o Bem Barnes fosse ótimo, mas a Lauren Fortgang foi tão boa quanto, realmente dá a sensação de que tem alguém sentado do seu lado, contando um conto de fadas. A escrita da Leigh foi bastante poética, em resumo foi 5 estrelas em todos os aspectos pra mim.