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Editorial Reviews

James Patrick Cronin’s urgent, riveting performance ratchets up the tension in the action-packed second installment of Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge’s five-part epic space opera, in which the heir to the Emerald Throne of the Thousands Suns, Brandon vilth-Akrad, finds himself exiled from his homeland and in the company of a ragtag group of outcasts whom he rallies together to square off against the fearsome Dol’harians so that he can reclaim what’s rightfully his.
An absorbing listen full of intergalactic intrigue that’s sure to please fans of hard sci-fi and fantasy.
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Publisher's Summary

In the sequel to The Phoenix in Flight, Brandon vlith-Arkad, who fled the Mandalic Palace and his old life only hours ahead of assassination, is now heir to the Panarchy. He wants only to rescue his father, the Panarch. But everyone wants a piece of him. The Dol'jharians, who smashed the Panarchy and took his father prisoner. A Rifter pirate and her crew, who helped him escape a doomed planet - twice - and now wonder what to do about a royal prisoner with the price of ten planets on his head. And the remnants of the government of the Thousand Suns, for whom he'd at best be an inconvenience. And that's before things go seriously pear-shaped. Racing ahead of the light-speed news of their attack with FTL comms and weapons looted from a fortress built millions of years ago, the Dol'jharians and those Rifters allied with them are consolidating their victories. Elements of the Panarchist Navy struggle to understand what's happening, find surviving units, and strike back. And Eusabian of Dol'jhar, now master of the Mandala from which his defeated enemy once ruled the Thousand Suns, awaits news of the Heart of Kronos, the missing key to ultimate power. Which lies in the hands of Brandon's captor. The chase is on, and unexpected detours await.
©2011 Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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4 out of 5 stars
By Juan on 12-24-13

Better than the first

If you could sum up Ruler of Naught in three words, what would they be?

A must Read

Who was your favorite character and why?

As the series went on I grew to really enjoy all of them. But to say one it would have to be Brandon Nyr-Arkad as you find out how slick he really is.

Have you listened to any of James Patrick Cronin’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This was about the same as the last but the book was much better.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Wow this is a hard one as it was so much that you couldn't stuff it into one movie

Any additional comments?

I almost pass this up as the first book was ok (nothing special) and reminded me of not star wars as the comments stated but of a cheap version of Dune. But it did grab my attention and this book was the beeknees. Great character building and the space battles was great. Action and intrigue was there from the start can't wait till they release the next books on audio. i might even have to pick them up on paper back if it takes to long

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