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Title: A Betrayal in Winter

Subtitle: Long Price Quartet Series, Book 2

Author: Daniel Abraham

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-14

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 73 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

As a boy, Otah Machi was exiled from his family, Machi's ruling house. Decades later, he has witnessed and been part of world-changing events. Yet he has never returned to Machi. Now his father - the Khai, or ruler, of Machi - is dying, and his eldest brother, Biitrah, has been assassinated, Otah realizes that he must return to Machi for reasons not even he understands.

Tradition dictates that the sons of a dying Khai fall upon each other until only one remains to succeed his father. But something even worse is occurring in Machi. The Galts, an expansive empire, have allied with someone in Machi to bring down the ruling house. Otah, the long-missing brother with an all-too-obvious motive for murder, is accused.

Members Reviews:

great series

This is book two, and the series is developing nicely. My enjoyment of these books is in the character as opposed to the magical development. So often in fantasy, the story revolves around the continually growing powers of the protagonist, as he learns to develop them, blah, blah, blah. This is an actual story, with fleshed put characters, all with flaws and endearing qualities. A new world has been created, and each book gives us more of a buy in to that world. I am ready for book three, so enough chatter about book two.

One of my new favorite fantasies by a very underrated author

After having read A Shadow in Summer, I became fond of Daniel Abraham as an author, but it wasn't until I read A Betrayal in Winter that I became a true fan. This isn't to say that I didn't like the first book, but the second book of his Long Price Quartet is nothing short of amazing and for me it surpasses the first book in every way.

What I really like about Daniel Abraham is that his books are far from traditional in the genre of fantasy. I'm becoming more and more appreciative of authors that stray from the conventional and Abraham does this very well. There's no true hero here, no brave warrior on a quest for us to cheer for. In fact, just like the first book, there is little here to actually call "fantasy." Other than the andat there is no magic to speak of and the only other qualifying feature that makes this a fantasy novel is the completely crafted world. As my reading tastes have evolved I've actually come to enjoy fantasy like this more than the sword and sorcery type which uses wizards and dragons and elves and all of the other mechanics that have been played out since Tolkien popularized them nearly a century ago. As with the first book I this quartet, Betrayal shows us that it doesn't take a lot of magic and sword fighting to propel a good story, though this book definitely has more action than the last. There are no battles, but weapons are used and people are killed. What more do you need?

Those familiar with Shadow (as well you should be if you're reading Betrayal) will be familiar with two of the main characters here, Otah and Maati. 15 years has changed each character considerably and it is interesting to see their lives after they'd been apart from each other for so long. While they are indeed complex characters as are all of Abraham's, my favorite characters of this book are ones newly introduced, namely Cehmai and Idaan.