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The Traitors We Are: Crown and Tide Book 1 by [Michael Roberti]

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In a world where writing disappears when the author dies, 22-year-old Cael Oberlan watches the last gasping breaths of his best friend. He pulls a scrap of paper out of his pocket as his friend’s signature fades. Cael only wants vengeance for his friend and to create a reality where he no longer has to bow before any man. However, the nagging suspicion that his father, who started this war, hasn't given him the whole story about his role in this conflict threatens to unravel everything he ever thought he knew about himself and the people he is fighting to free.

As nephew of the King, 24-year-old Emil Trestinsen should be a hero. He should already hear his name echoing in celebration in the streets of the capital. In a young life already full of disappointment, a lack of recognition for ridding the kingdom of "Ruinous" Lorcen Oberlan may prove to be the final push he needs to seize his destiny. He will prove his worth to his family and his nation. He will end this rebellion and take his rightful place as the next governor of the rebels.

When 18-year-old Merily Oberlan receives letters from the frontlines, and the top one is blank, she is devastated to realize one of her loved ones has died in battle. She is determined to help bring an end to this bloody war and be strong for her people, a cultural and religious minority in the kingdom of Harfal.

What started as a simple rebellion transforms into a complicated web of lies, betrayal, and difficult decisions no one should have to make. It is a race against time and death as handwriting continues to disappear, erasing the contracts and historical records necessary for peaceful negotiations.

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4 Feb. 2022
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09RVG3S2M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Five20 (4 Feb. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4569 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 373 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B09RLXXWZS

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“Michael is a high school English teacher in North Carolina who has been teaching for ten years. When he is not in the classroom, he is raising two children with his wife or creating stories with his friends playing Dungeons and Dragons. Before deciding to study Literature, he was the singer of a Hardcore Punk band in Florida.”

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S. S. Frankowska

Great read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2022

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Drama and politics driven plot, with a wide cast of well-developed characters and fantastic world building throughout pages, makes this book really stand out and absolutely worth reading. Narrated from multiple points of view, the story always keeps you on the edge, with a hard-to-guess ‘what will happen next’ attitude. That, in line with well-developed characters, makes “The Traitors We Are” gripping from the very first pages.

I really enjoyed how detailed the world-building was and how well it the author has embedded in the narration style. Often represented through a comparison between different locations - it was all there: traditions, religion, food; even fashion!

Character development and general choice of cast were fantastic too. Since it’s a spoiler-free review, I don’t want to tell too much about each of the characters and what was happening to them, so I’ll focus on character-related themes I enjoyed the most. Definitely the unexpected romance theme without social acceptance! I really liked how it was developed and how it progressed. Sense of responsibility, or even more - sense of expectations, was a powerful theme for many characters. They were sacrificing their happiness to fulfil those expectations. And finally, (although there were more themes to enjoy!), families’ disfunctions. There were so many variations of these within the story and I really loved how the author represented their impact on characters. It made characters believable and easy to understand in their motivations.

With themes of this book being rather dark (regarding war, murders, forced marriages etc) and the goals/intrigues being complex, I would suggest this book for an older/adult audience. Definitely a brilliant read for epic fantasy readers who enjoy politics-plot in fantasy-historical settings! I look forward to reading the next books in the series!

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Steven William Hannah

Fantasy Warfare, Courts/Kingdoms

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 October 2022

I would recommend this to fans of fantasy warfare, deeply thoughtful worldbuilding, and court/kingdoms drama.

I've read a lot of good fantasy recently, and so my standard for worldbuilding is pretty high - TWWE did a great job, with detail woven into narrative. The writing of a person disappears upon their death, which affects how they treat the dead and how information is passed.

Its clever and subtle, and the opening throws us into a violent war filled with tension, seen from the POVs of two nobles who could not be more different, before introducing a third POV from a noblewoman fighting the war at home, before the stories begin to collide.

I must admit that once the war finished, the shift into a courts and kingdoms story slowed me down a bit, but thats just my own preferences. The court drama itself is engaging, human, and benefits greatly from the character development in part one.

Best of all, it all builds to a very dramatic finale that left me excited to read the next installment. I'll be following Roberti's work, and if you like political, fantasy warfare then you would be wise to do the same. Recommended for fans of the genre.

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Dawn L

Seeps into your skin from the first page

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2022

"The Traitors We Are" is one of *those* books... The setting seeps into your skin from the first page and is deeply rooted in your bones by the last... The writing is inviting and pulls you back to read just a little bit more... The characters are crafted with skill, and given a humanity that adds an extra dimension to the story... The story itself? Absolutely brilliant! Sign me up for book 2!

My thanks to the author. This review was written voluntarily and is entirely my own, unbiased, opinion.

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K lvt

Great Writing and plenty of twists

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2022

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I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up after chatting to the author on Twitter and really liked the idea behind it (his elevator pitch worked!)
I love the idea of changing one thing, like writing disappearing after you die, to have a major impact, this book really explores that and has a great set of characters to carry it off. Also there are more twists than I can count, with the timeline moving in such a way to keep you guessing.
I must also comment on his writing style, from the moment I started reading this I felt invested in the story, his writing is effortless to read and paints just the right picture.
If in any doubt I'd recommend downloading the free sample, I think you'll be hooked from that.
I can't wait for the next instalment!

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