Glass Sword Audiobook by Victoria Aveyard

Glass Sword is a 2016 dream love story by Victoria Aveyard. The second installation in a series called Red Queen, it continues the collection’ main conflict in between an expanding military of rebels and a nepotistic kingdom which segregates its people by household lineage. Glass Sword Audiobook by Victoria Aveyard Download. It adheres to the protagonist Mare Barrow, an apparently usual woman who is endowed with the power to regulate lightning, as she runs away the clutches of King Expert, a previous prince and also buddy that betrayed her in the first story. Throughout this battle to get away capture, Barrow additionally struggles to stay clear of coming to be the kind of monster she wishes to get rid of.

The unique starts as the Scarlet Guard, a team of rebels that includes Barrow and also her buddies Cal and Shade, board a train to Naercey. Naercey is a city of ruins where the Scarlet Guard surreptitiously camp out from another location from the prying eyes of the kingdom. As they travel, they realize they are being adhered to by King Expert and also a troop of Silvers, people who have enchanting fight powers. Virtuoso’s strike team has a buffer of slaves that he is using as cannon fodder to secure his front line.

Maven soon begins an air campaign versus the Scarlet Guard. His assistants Evangeline and also Ptolemus lead the Silver boxers; thankfully, Barrow as well as her pals get away by means of a submarine and also browse to the island of Tuck. When they arrive, northern soldiers called Lakelanders are manning watch terminals. Their commander, understood just as Colonel, assumes control of the Scarlet Guard. He apprehends Cal and brings him in for examination, imprisoning him in an underground bunker. Barrow’s parents and brother or sisters are held on the island as well.

Barrow and also Kilorn go to Cal’s shelter to speak to him regarding approach, however Kilorn seems to betray her, pushing her into his cell. Not long after, Shield and also Farley choose Kilorn to save them. Shade teleports them to liberty, and they run away the island together in a taken airplane. Having taken a list of newbloods from the Colonel’s workplace, they solve to find each of them before Maven catches up. First, they discover Nix, who consents to join their event. Glass Sword Audio Book Stream. They most likely to Harbor Bay next to discover the addresses of the newbloods on their checklist. Though they are betrayed by the regional faction of the Guard under pressure from Wizard, they handle to steal the addresses.

Barrow and her buddies continue collecting the newbloods, while she fights with her friends’ propensity to think of her as different as a result of her powers. Cal instructs the new employees how to combat and use their powers. After they turn up far too late to a newblood’s location, finding that Virtuoso has actually currently eliminated their family members, Cal supposes that Expert is still crazy with Barrow as well as attempting to obtain her to transform herself in so he can be with her once more. Even after learning that Maven is setting up 5,000 children to the front lines as soldiers, Barrow declines the final word.

Right after Maven’s statement of war, Barrow and her good friends meet a male called Jon who can predict future occasions. He educates them that Barrow’s old tutor, Julian, is in Carros Jail with various other newbloods. Queen Elara, Virtuoso’s despotic mom, intends to require them to fight in the battle. Barrow deals with to rescue them, and Cal plans to launch the Silvers, hoping that they will certainly join them after being locked up for opposing the queen. They successfully penetrate the prison and retreat with the newbloods and Silvers. Queen Elara attempts to obstruct them, but Barrow eliminates her in fight. Alarmed at her bloodthirstiness, Cal denounces Barrow’s recent activities. Barrow brings everyone to meet the Colonel and also produce a deal wherein they become allies for power. They transmit a message that galvanizes reds, Silvers, as well as newbloods to collaborate against Virtuoso.

The unique ends as Barrow volunteers to assist a rescue initiative for the kids Wizard is sending to the front lines of battle. The Colonel assaults from a various front, and they are joined by Barrow’s twin bros. En route to the battle, Barrow is abducted by Wizard as well as his males. She consents to provide herself up as prisoner if he saves the remainder, as well as he agrees. In the final scene, Barrow gets on a leash, stooping at Expert’s feet. Wizard informs her she has to be presented just as Barrow presented his mommy’s slain body.

An unique regarding the complex relationships of buddies, that not only ally yet additionally betray as well as forgive each other at defining moments, Glass Sword uses continuous dramatization and the suspension of fact to provide a sensational portrait of a chaotic kingdom whose future goes to the hands of guide’s protagonist. Its verdict is dark and inconclusive, figuring the installation as part of a larger story whose finishing is still to be figured out.