Where to Start with Brent Weeks
- Best entry point → The Black Prism
- Start the Night Angel series → The Way of Shadows
- Underrated but highly rated → The Broken Eye
- What fans keep coming back to → Shadow's Edge
- Highest rated by listeners → The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer #2)
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The Blood Mirror
Lightbringer • Book 4
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.52 ABR Score (66.9K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (53.2K) ★ 4.76 Audible (13.7K)More about this pick
Gavin Guile has vanished as the White King's armies crush the Seven Satrapies, leaving Kip to master his abilities while the Lightbringer prophecy reaches its devastating conclusion.
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The Black Prism
Lightbringer Saga • Book 1
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.47 ABR Score (147.6K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (132.5K) ★ 4.71 Audible (15.0K)More about this pick
Gavin Guile rules an empire built on magic drawn from light itself, knowing exactly when his powers will kill him—a premise Simon Vance handles with gravity and wit.
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The Broken Eye
Lightbringer • Book 3
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.61 ABR Score (81.0K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (69.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (11.5K)More about this pick
Gavin Guile's capture and enslavement drives this middle volume toward civil war, while Simon Vance handles the complex magic system and multiple perspectives brilliantly.
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The Blinding Knife
Lightbringer • Book 2
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.58 ABR Score (105.9K ratings)★ 4.41 Goodreads (94.1K) ★ 4.78 Audible (11.8K)More about this pick
War erupts across the Seven Satrapies as Gavin's powers fail and old gods return, while his bastard son Kip trains at the magical Chromeria academy. Simon Vance handles Weeks' complex magic system and multiple viewpoints with impressive clarity.
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The Way of Shadows
Night Angel • Book 1
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.21 ABR Score (178.0K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (177.4K) ★ 4.6 Audible (604)More about this pick
Street orphan Azoth apprentices himself to the city's most legendary assassin in this dark fantasy about the price of survival and the art of killing.
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Night Angel Nemesis
The Kylar Chronicles • Book 1
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 3.86 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (6.5K) ★ 4.25 Audible (982)More about this pick
Weeks drags master assassin Kylar back into action when the one killer he can't forgive gets pardoned. Simon Vance handles both the brutal action sequences and Kylar's emotional devastation with equal skill.
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Beyond the Shadows
Night Angel • Book 3
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.33 ABR Score (104.6K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (104.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (363)More about this pick
Kylar Stern plots to restore his friend Logan as king while civil war erupts in the north and ancient gods stir. Vance handles Weeks's conclusion to the Night Angel trilogy with appropriate weight for this dark fantasy's final moves.
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Shadow's Edge
Night Angel • Book 2
by Brent Weeks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.32 ABR Score (110.0K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (109.7K) ★ 4.79 Audible (341)More about this pick
Former assassin Kylar tries to start fresh but learns his best friend Logan might still be alive and imprisoned. Simon Vance navigates the complex magic system and political intrigue with his usual precision.
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