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Raphael Corkhill
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Length
15 hours 24 minutes
Language
English
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“Winter's Orbit is a captivating romance set in a sweeping, alien landscape, with a splash of political intrigue surrounding a mysterious murder investigation. I love both Kiem and Jainan. Their character development through struggles of divided loyalties, corrupt bureaucracies, and impossible choices is phenomenal. I loved this book!”
— Anna Rose • The Well-Read Moose
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“Kiem didn’t think anyone would take him seriously enough to put him in the midst of a treaty crisis via a rushed marriage contract, but here he is. Jainan is still reeling from the sudden and suspicious death of his partner Prince Taam, but is bound by duty to keep the treaty stable. But the treaty that maintains peace between planets is more precarious then either of them initially understood. As they begin to investigate Taam’s death and all that surrounds it, Kiem and Jainan sink into a torrid web of intergalactic politics. This is quite a beautiful book. It’s all about relationships and communication… but in space. Content warning: Mentions of verbal and physical abuse ”
— Izzy • Good Neighbor Bookstore
"Narrator Raphael Corkhill deftly navigates a range of situations and voices in this novel, a blend of romance, mystery, and space opera...A satisfying love story with plenty of political machinations, this audiobook will please fans of romance and sci-fi alike." -- AudioFile Magazine
Ancillary Justice meets Red, White & Royal Blue in Winter’s Orbit, Everina Maxwell’s gut-wrenching and romantic debut.
A famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor's least favorite grandchild, Prince Kiem is summoned before the Emperor and commanded to renew the empire's bonds with its newest vassal planet. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire.
But Jainan suspects his late husband’s death was no accident. And Prince Kiem discovers Jainan is a suspect himself. But broken bonds between the Empire and its vassal planets leaves the entire empire vulnerable, so together they must prove that their union is strong while uncovering a possible conspiracy.
Their successful marriage will align conflicting worlds.
Their failure will be the end of the empire.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books
EVERINA MAXWELL is the author of Winter’s Orbit and Ocean's Echo. They live and work in England, where they collect books and kill houseplants.
Raphael Corkhill is an award-winning stage, screen and voice actor. Born and raised in the UK, Raphael graduated from Princeton University then gained his MFA in acting from the University of Southern California. Raphael’s film and television credits include the Warner Bros. feature The Goldfinch, independent TV pilot Manny, and Burning at Both Ends alongside Cary Elwes. His extensive voice credits include billion-dollar video game franchises: Uncharted 4 (BAFTA “Best Game” winner), The Elder Scrolls Online and Titanfall 2, as well as the recent blockbuster ESO: Morrowind. Raphael has narrated numerous titles for Macmillan including The Fallon Trilogy and his audiobook performances have been described by Publisher’s Weekly as “terrific.”
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"Everina Maxwell's writing has everything you could ask: impossible choices, divided loyalties, dry wit, and operatic struggle with bureaucracy. I don't know how she's managed to write a book that's simultaneously an elegant comedy of manners, a charming slow-burn romance, and an adventure in space politics, but whatever her secret, I'm wildly envious." —A. K. Larkwood, author of The Unspoken Name
"Everina Maxwell is brilliant at creating atmosphere and drama. Her light touch and considering eye are applied thoughtfully, warmly, and yet without mercy to the failures of an interstellar bureaucracy and the people who both make those failures happen; to the difficulties of diplomatic ties between planets that rely on personal ties between human beings; to the ways people try to get what they want from each other, and the ways they fail to understand each other. The combination of sweeping space opera backdrop and real human drama is as compelling as it comes." —Emily Tesh, author of Silver in the Wood