I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/petrikleo4.5/5 starsRather than The Crown Conspiracy, I personally think The Crown Tower is a greater starting point to Royce and Hadrian’s story.It’s been four years, Royce and Hadrian. It’s scary how fast time flies; I can’t believe it’s been four years since I’ve read the conclusion to this duo’s adventure in Heir of Novron, the final omnibus in The Riyria Revelations. Honestly speaking, I have contemplated not reading The...

If you seen my "reviews" of any of my books, you know I use this space to update people on various aspects of the books such as sales or specials. Update 7/29/19: ON SALE for just $5.00 on Audible.com Now until August 4th. That's a savings of 82% so if you listen to audioboooks, now would be a great time to start into the Riyria Chronicle series!Update 5/23/18: This book (along with 8 other epic fantasies from the likes of Brandon Sanderson, Naomi Novik, Robin Hobb, and others) has been selected...

A great BR with amazing GR dwellers, Craig and Alex :) "All I wanted was to live—I’d forgotten everything else. A clod of dirt doesn’t have dreams. A bit of broken stone doesn’t understand hope. Each morning, all I wanted was to see the next dawn. But you changed that." When I finished Riyria Revelations, I was so eager to meet the characters again and dived into Riyria Chronicles with pleasure :) If you have, like me, read Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations series already, you’ll know t...

Originally published at Bookwraiths ReviewsTHE BUTCH CASSIDAY AND SUNDANCE KID OF FANTASY!For all of you familiar with the Riyria Revelations books, Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn are the Dynamic Duo of fantasy: Hadrian the great warrior with three swords for any occasion and Royce the dark, mysterious assassin waiting to put a dagger in you. Two partners who are as polarly opposite in their personality and outlook on life as in their styles of fighting. No matter their differences however...

TWO MEN WHO HATE EACH OTHER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A LEGEND IN THE MAKING. If you read the Riyria Revelations and wondered how Royce and Hadrian met, then The Crown Tower is the book to read. They are an unlikely pair in many ways and never would have partnered up if not for the wizard Arcadius, who sets them on a quest to steal a book from the Crown Tower, which no one has ever broken into.It takes a while to get to this point in the book. First we follow Hadrian on his journey to the univer

This was a really fun read with an interesting, fast-paced plot and a number of likeable characters. The story was made more enjoyable by the fact that I was already invested in the 2 main characters from the main Riyria series however I actually think this book might be a better entry point in light of the fact that it does a better job of establishing Royce and Hadrian as distinct characters although the story is only tangentially related to the main plot of the series with the focus of this o...

The best Riyria story yet!Michael J Sullivan's storytelling ability just gets better with each book. Compared with his first self published novella The Crown Conspiracy which begins his six (now three) part Riyria Revelations, this is just better again. I really loved being back in this world. I loved being back with Royce and Hadrian. I loved being back with audio narrator Tim GeraRd Reynolds. Over the course of The Riyria Revelations we got little snippets and references of the story that beca...

If ever there was a prequel story which I thought was perfection, The Crown Tower absolutely fit the bill. "Old lunatic was right...We did make a good team." And thus a legend was born! I love origins stories of beloved characters and few are more beloved to me than the two foremost and main characters in the Riyria series. Hadrian Blackwater, a noble and idealistic mercenary soldier. Royce Melborn, a dangerous and cynical thief. With such polar opposite personalities, you know that sp...

Sale Alert: This is the kindle daily deal 21Mar20 for $2.99 Read with some of the fantasy buffs at Buddies Books & BaublesI was a little worried to read this prequel. I totally LoVeD Hadrian and Royce in the Riyria Revelations and it is a completed series. Did I really want to go back to their beginnings to see how it all started??? And the answer is….MJS is not that author who couldn’t figure out what to write next and so decided hey I’ll write more books in the same world because $$$. Nope not...

''The Riyria Revelations'' is my favorite series and reading it I always wondered how did Royce and Hadrian met so I was very excited to read this book.In my experience prequels aren't usually done right and they somewhat diminish that awesome feeling you got from the original so I was hoping this would be a good origin story and I'm glad it delivered. This book made me love Royce and Hadrian even more, I loved how they hated each other when they met because as a result their conversations, or m...

The Crown Tower is the first book in the Riyria Chronicles, this book is also a prequel to Riyria Revelations, I know I should have read this before Revelations but I didn’t, I read the series haphazardly. The order the three series set in the same world should be read are1. Legends of the First Empire2. The Riyria Chronicles3. The Riyria Revelations And I read them in this order-The Riyria Chronicles-Legends of the First Empire -Riyria Revelations.So if you’re a stickler for chronological order...

“I only ask one thing.” “What’s that?” “When you fall to your death, do so quietly.” This really sums up the relationship between our new partners in crime (literally), Royce and Hadrian. The two can’t stand each other and understandably so as they could not be any more different. Forced by a mutual acquaintance to work together (for a reason I cannot reveal; just know there is a deeper meaning behind it), this book explores the beginning of what will be a long and true friendship as we see

UPDATE: In Audible US sale 12/26/18That was so good! Getting to read how my loves, Hadrian and Royce, met was so wonderful! I love them so much and it was just a wonderful treat to read their beginnings together. I also loved reading about how Gwen got her start but it was sad and brutal, but she did it. =) This is a happy, sad, funny book! And Pickles.... let me just give an excerpt for Pickles "I already know. I don't need an ignorant peasant boy to confirm my education. I also don't need y...

“You realize I'm just taking you to die?” “I hope to disappoint you.” “You won't.” Thankfully Hadrian did disappoint Royce, and thus Riyria was born. After a long and hectic week, getting back to Elan and reading the first adventure of my beloved pair of thieves was like coming home. Thank you Mr.Sullivan for giving us another high fantasy mastepiece! “Excuse me. My name is Hadrian Blackwater.”“Congratulations.”“Um... what's yours?”“Leave me alone.” The Crown Tower offered u

All the stars *****Royce and Hadrian are my favorite duo in the fantasy world. I say this without any trace of doubt at all. MJS could write 30 books about these two unlikely Heroes and I would happily devour them with glee. And after reading The Crown Tower, this installment will take it's rightful place on my favorites shelf.Michael J. Sullivan has a way of telling a story that just really connects with me. He doesn't make it complicated or try to do anything that hasn't been done before, but

Some unexpected things are happening and a university professor appears to be behind them all. Professor Arcadius has brought together a fighter without equal and an incredibly skilled thief. The two are polar opposites and hate one another, but Arcadius has managed to convince them to do one job for him. To steal a single book from a seemingly impregnable fortress.The Crown Tower could easily have been titled how Hadrian met Royce. Michael J. Sullivan made a good point in saying that Hadrian an...

This Review ✍️ Blog 📖 Twitter 🐦 Instagram 📷 Support me ☕ “There’s always hope… We’ve planted the seeds. All we can do now is wait and see what grows.” I have finished The Riyria revelations last month and loved Heir of Novron so much that I could not say bye to this world yet. There is a little introduction at the start of this book where the author explains why he decided to write a prequel (and that he likes the cover of this book X-X) and I decided to read these books in the publish...

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A very enjoyable read by Sullivan about how Royce and Hadrian met. While the first half was just ok, probably because it follows Royce, Hadrian, and Gwen separately, it definitely gears up from the moment Royce and Hadrian meet for the first time. Their relationship's dynamics is one of the best out there, the synergistic effect at its best.A very fun and quick read about this hilarious team that we all love. Superbly narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.3.75/5 for the first half, 4.25/5 for the seco...

The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1), Michael J. Sullivan The Riyria Chronicles is a series of high fantasy novels by Michael J. Sullivan, published since 2013 by Orbit Books. The series consists of five books: The Crown Tower, The Rose and the Thorn, The Death of Dulgath, The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter and Drumindor (not yet published).The Crown Tower: A warrior with nothing to fight for is paired with a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure