The King Must Fall

Devin Madson · Luke Scull · Adrian Collins · Adrian Tchaikovsky · Alex Marshall · Anna Smith Spark · Anna Stephens · Anthony Ryan · Bradley P. Beaulieu · Daniel Polansky · Deborah A. Wolf · Jeremy Szal · Justin Call · Kameron Hurley · Lee Murray · Matthew Ward · Michael R Fletcher · Mike Myers · Peter Orullian · Sarah Chorn · Shawn Speakman · Trudi Canavan

Dec 2022 · Grimdark Magazine · Narrated by Greg Patmore

About this audiobook

When the mighty and cruel must be brought low, it's the killers and the schemers who emerge from the shadows. As plans twist and change, and our protagonists are foiled and beaten, one thing remains true: no matter the cost, the king must fall.

The King Must Fall is a dark fantasy anthology featuring 19 titans of the dark and grimdark fantasy genres writing about rogues, assassins, mages, blackguards, and warriors on quests to kill their kings, rulers, captains, and leaders.

Featuring stories by Devin Madson, Luke Scull, Anna Smith Spark, Anthony Ryan, Michael R Fletcher, Jeremy Szal, Lee Murray, Daniel Polansky, Shawn Speakman, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Trudi Canavan, Alex Marshall, Anna Stephens, Justin Call, Peter Orullian, Kameron Hurley, Matthew Ward, Deborah A. Wolf, and Bradley P. Beaulieu.

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About the author

Anthony Ryan is a British writer of fantasy, science fiction and non-fiction. Ryan had a career in the British Civil Service, but after the success of his first novel, Blood Song, he became a full-time writer. He also writes the Slab City Blues series of science fiction novellas. Trudi Canavan was born on October 23, 1969. She is an Australian writer of fantasy novels. In 1995 Canavan started The Telltale Art, a freelance business specialising on graphical design services. In that same year she began working for Aurealis, a magazine of Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 1999, Canavan's writing career took off when she won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story with Whispers of the Mist Children. In 2001, she further established herself with The Magicians' Guild, centring around Sonea, a slum child who is hunted for her rogue magic. The novel was the first of three books of The Black Magician Trilogy. It brought her wide acclaim. The second book of the trilogy is The Novice and the third book is The High Lord, which was nominated for the Best Novel Ditmar category. Canavan's also penned her second trilogy, Age of the Five and a third trilogy The Traitor Spy Trilogy. In 2015 her title Thief's Magic won a Ditmar Award in the Best Novel category.