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The Lost Queen Audiobook

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Read By: Toni Frutin Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 11.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 8.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Lost Queen Series Release Date: September 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781508265160

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

49

Longest Chapter Length:

42:19 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

11 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

21:43 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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Publisher Description

Compared to Outlander and The Mists of Avalon, this thrilling first novel of a debut trilogy reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a forgotten queen of sixth-century Scotland—twin sister of the man who inspired the legend of Merlin.

I write because I have seen the darkness that will come. Already there are those who seek to tell a new history...

In a land of mountains and mist, tradition and superstition, Languoreth and her brother Lailoken are raised in the Old Way of their ancestors. But in Scotland, a new religion is rising, one that brings disruption, bloodshed, and riot. And even as her family faces the burgeoning forces of Christianity, the Anglo-Saxons, bent on colonization, are encroaching from the east. When conflict brings the hero Emrys Pendragon to her father’s door, Languoreth finds love with one of his warriors. Her deep connection to Maelgwn is forged by enchantment, but she is promised in marriage to Rhydderch, son of a Christian king. As Languoreth is catapulted into a world of violence and political intrigue, she must learn to adapt. Together with her brother—a warrior and druid known to history as Myrddin—Languoreth must assume her duty to fight for the preservation of the Old Way and the survival of her kingdom, or risk the loss of them both forever.

Based on new scholarship, this tale of bravery and conflicted love brings a lost queen back to life—rescuing her from obscurity, and reaffirming her place at the center of one of the most enduring legends of all time.

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“Narrator Toni Frutin does equally well with female and male characters, imbuing them with the strength to survive the harsh and brutal times but also showing the subtleties of character that make them multidimensional and memorable. Frutin creates an atmosphere of tension as the proponents of the new Christian God seek the demise of the Old Way and the Druids (the Wisdom Keepers). She sets a strong, steady pace that make the hours fly by. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • “Pike nails it.”

    — Charleston City Paper
  • “The rare historical epic that manages to be truly sweeping and yet always intense and person­al—at once a romance, a story of faith, a story of wa,r and a story of family…Moving, thrilling and ultimately spellbinding.”

    — BookPage
  • “Pike’s narrative blends court intrigue, romantic interludes, and gritty violence into a literary brew worth savoring to the dramatic finale…Enthusiastically recommended.”

    — Booklist
  • “Betrayals and love affairs, battles and escapes, and an unforgettable heroine at the center of it all…Gripping.”

    — Linnea Hartsuyker, author of The Half-Drowned King
  • “A sweeping, magical tale of a rarely-told part of Scotland’s history.”

    — Kirsty Logan, author of The Grace Keepers

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About Signe Pike

Signe Pike is the author of the travel memoir Faery Tale and has researched and written about Celtic history and folklore for more than a decade. A former book editor, she lives in Charleston, South Carolina where she writes full time. Visit her at SignePike.com.