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Embers of an Age
- Blood War Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Lathah has fallen. Arrin leads a weary group of survivors from the ruins. He presses on in search of O'hra to take the fight to the Grol, but as he nears the Sha'ree homeland, an unexpected adversary bars the way. With enemies massing on all sides, Arrin is forced to take his search deep inside the Funeral Sands. The survivors suffer the terrors of the desert as their lives and hopes dwindle by the moment. As the losses mount, Arrin wonders if the price of saving Ahreele might be more than he can bear.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Jamie
- 2022-05-25
Struggled to finish
Hoped book 2 would help answer questions but character development is not good and the author keeps adding more characters and crossing their story lines. Too much breadth and not enough depth. This was a free book so I listened hoping it would get better. Not sure I could say anything about the narrator's part in this either
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2022-08-13
Adequate Follow-up
This second entry in the 'Blood War' trilogy does a passable job advancing the overall plot (All Out War among several sentient species: Gnoll-like Wolf creatures; Bipedal talking Cat-People; Ape-like hairy monstrosities; Humanoids of *several* strains; Stone-men; etc - each empowered by magical "relics" that grant superior strength/reflexes/stamina and magical explosive fire).
Tim Marquitz writes excellent scripted/choreographed combat and acceptable large-scale battle.. but his grasp of strategy is questionable (Why - exactly - are these guys all fighting, Mr Marquitz?) and he just keeps adding new combatants to an already overburdened dramatis personae. The end result is a reasonably entertaining advancement if you've read Book One.. but a confusing jumble of motiveless (?) conflicts if you haven't.
Fortunately, Narrator John Pruden does a better job of reading on this project. He continues to display a relatively limited voice-acting repertoire and reads too slowly (setting playback speed at 1.15X yields the most comfortable pacing), but his diction/timbre/cadence remain exemplary and Pruden's tone is improved considerably (more interested on this one).
This installment in the series is, overall, weaker than Book One and has very little "standalone" merit (it makes little sense without having read Book One and ends in a cliffhanger) - therefore I give 'Embers of an Age' 5.5 stars out of 10. Fans of Marquitz and/or sweeping "Narnia-like" Fantasy will enjoy this book.. but unless you have read 'Dawn Of War' (and can get this episode as a 'Plus' option), spend your time on something else. Justifying a Credit on this unnecessarily complicated Trilogy Placeholder would be questionable.
[ATTN PRODUCERS: A PDF with maps and a Glossary would improve this audiobook markedly]
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