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Age of Swords

By: Michael J. Sullivan
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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Summary

The gods have been proven mortal, and new heroes will arise as the battle continues in the sequel to Age of Myth - from the author of the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series.

In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched listeners on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss. Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies from without - and bitter rivalries from within.

Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but longstanding enmities dividing the Rhune make it all but impossible to unite against the common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess renders them indistinguishable from gods?

The answer lies across the sea in a faraway land populated by a reclusive and dour race who feel nothing but disdain for both Fhrey and mankind. With time running out, Persephone leads the gifted young seer Suri, the Fhrey sorceress Arion, and a small band of misfits in a desperate search for aid - a quest that will take them into the darkest depths of Elan, where waits an ancient adversary as fearsome as it is deadly.

©2017 Michael J. Sullivan (P)2017 Recorded Books
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Gripping and seductive both story and narrator.

Characters and story flow like a a gentle stream with the inevitable rush towards and over waterfalls with dramatic effect. Thoroughly good next book pls

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Brilliant!

Fantastic continuation of character development. Full of humour, twists and turns. Excited to be starting the next installment...

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why

I just want to leave a rating I don't want to write a review

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excellent story

I loved this book as it has built the background to the previous legend books

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Understandable that this is the author's favorite

Continuing just where we left Age of Myth, we follow our characters into new adventures, this time with much deeper understanding of the universe.
In this book as the last, we follow both Fhrey and Rhunes and are introduced to Dherg.
The book balances politic discussion with action brilliantly!

I also like the little bit in the beginning, where the Author give a little taste of how he processes his work.

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Hmmm

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Ok I liked the first book, and you simply can’t complain about anything Tim Reynolds narrates. However, even then and with the second book I just couldn’t get past a few issues; for one the elves come across as petulant children, and the dwarves as real scumbags. I guess you could argue that Tolkien’s vision has given many a perspection of those race, but still the racial tone of both just felt wrong.

But by far the main complaint I have is the humans. You have a race that as clearly intelligent and has dialog to supposed they aren’t a stupid race, and yet in the space of a few chapters they discover, the wheel, bow and arrows (which even the elves knew nothing about), learned how to read and create books, then go onto being able to decipher an ancient language, and cast a spell that should have been clearly beyond them. Plus quite a lot of other technological insights they had.

Now I will take this all back if the author has a logical reason for all the above, and I will listen to the rest of the series, but as it stands the structural framework/historical bases for each race for me just doesn’t sit well.

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Great

Story has grown and grown on me, really enjoyin' the series second time round and TGR is a fantastic storyteller.

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Fantastic makes want to not stop listening

Fantastic already downloading next book. Can't wait to sideways going to happen next. Real gripping tales. The characters are brilliant. Weaving their lives through the book. They become more and more interesting the more you know about them.

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good story

narrator amazing ability for different accents make audio book great book. good story develop. sad to lose Mina

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2nd book in and the series is great

A brilliant read and the story is gripping. Looking forward to starting the next one

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