The Queen of Attolia
The Queen's Thief • Book 2
Narrated by Steve West
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
This book will do something in the first hour that you won't see coming, and the rest of the nine hours earns it completely.
- Great if you want: a darker, emotionally devastating follow-up to a clever heist fantasy
- Listening experience: tense and slow-burning, with a payoff that hits hard
- Narration: Steve West keeps it restrained — the right call for a story this emotionally charged
- Skip if: you haven't read The Thief — this one doesn't stand alone
About This Audiobook
Eugenides, the thief of Eddis, has made the grave mistake of underestimating the Queen of Attolia, and the price of that error reshapes everything that follows in Megan Whalen Turner's stunning second novel in the Queen's Thief series. Set against the backdrop of political maneuvering among three small kingdoms facing imperial pressure, the story tracks the aftermath of revenge and the unlikely, complicated bond that grows between two people who have good reason to despise each other. Turner's plotting is dense and rewards careful attention.
Steve West narrates with measured control, letting the story's long game play out without telegraphing its turns. His steady voice suits the novel's classical atmosphere, and he handles Eugenides's voice particularly well, capturing both the character's bravado and the vulnerability that the plot eventually strips bare. This is a book that many listeners have called one of the finest fantasy audiobooks available, and West's restrained performance is a large part of why.
