Berlin Trilogy UK top five. Bowie would later call the music of the trilogy his "DNA". "Consequence of Sound" characterized the trilogy as an "art rock trifecta", while "Rolling Stone" wrote that the Berlin Trilogy "stands as some of the most innovative music in the artist's influential canon". Following Bowie's Thin White Duke period and the commercial success of the singles "Fame" and "Golden Years" in 1976, he was eager to escape the drug culture of Los Angeles, where he had developed a cocaine addiction. He had also become embroiled in controversy regarding comments he made seemingly in favour of fascism. He
The Broken Empire Trilogy books have chapters in present time and flashbacks from four to five years previous. An unabridged audiobook version of "Prince of Thorns" and "King of Thorns" was released in 2012 by Recorded Books and narrated by James Clamp. In 2013, an unabridged audiobook version of "Emperor of Thorns" was released by Recorded Books and is also narrated by James Clamp. The Broken Empire Trilogy The Broken Empire Trilogy is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by American-British author Mark Lawrence. The first volume, "Prince of Thorns", was published on August 2, 2011. The second, "King of Thorns", was published on