A conspiracy of truths

by Alexandra Rowland

456 pages

English language

Published Dec. 1, 2018

ISBN:: 978-1-5344-1280-4
OCLC Number:: 1019843337

(7 reviews)

Arrested on accusations of witchcraft and treason, Chant finds himself trapped in a cold, filthy jail cell in a foreign land. With only his advocate, the unhelpful and uninterested Consanza, he quickly finds himself cast as a bargaining chip in a brewing battle between the five rulers of this small, backwards, and petty nation.

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Alex Keane reviewed A conspiracy of truths by Alexandra Rowland

Review of 'A conspiracy of truths' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This was such a good book, especially for a debut.

The story revolves around the power of the stories we tell and of the tellers of those stories. Chant can't get out of the prisons he finds himself in, but what he can do is color how those he comes in contact with view the situations that swirl around his trial and imprisonment.

The prose is absolutely beautiful, the world building is detailed and rich, and the stories are just fantastic and wonderfully parallel the narrative, as you'd expect from a storyteller telling them to manipulate his way out of a bad situation.

Overall, it was just really good.

Yashima reviewed A conspiracy of truths by Alexandra Rowland

Review of 'A conspiracy of truths' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

At first it feels like 1001 Nights with the main character being an old male Scheherazade. Except this is not that book. But the main character is a story teller put on trial for being a "Black Witch". In trying to talk his way out of prison he shows how the word is stronger than the sword... his lies and half-truths plunge the whole nation into turmoil. Does he get free though?