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Darklands
- The Rhenwars Saga, Book 2
- Narrated by: Simon Wright
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
Compelled to obey the dark god he pledged his soul to, Darien finds himself tasked with delivering the people of the Black Lands from under the curse of darkness which shrouds the skies. With the enemy mage Azár, Darien sets out across a barren landscape to assume his place as the leader of a people who despise him.
As he journeys deeper into the shadowed waste, Darien is confronted with difficult truths that force him to question every loyalty he has ever held. For there, in the brutal proving grounds of the north, Darien will be inexorably forged into the most dangerous adversary the Rhen has ever faced.
Darklands is the second installment in the darkly epic fantasy series The Rhenwars Saga. If you like morally gray heroes and mind-boggling plot twists, then you’ll love Spencer’s award-winning series.
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- luke
- 30-05-19
High quality but slow moving.
It's taken me some time to write this review as I have listened to this book then listened to some other books and come back to it again.
The reason for this is that I couldn't quite put my finger on what bothered me about this book.
The characters in the book are varied have individual personalitys.
The description of the environment and characters is eloquent and detailed without being drawn out.
The whole book has a feeling of good quality writing about it and the story is interesting... However it does take a long time for the characters to move from one location to another. I think with fantasy you want to be taken on an adventure to strange new worlds and with that exploring the world is a big part of what fantasy is for me.
This world seems very much to be 2 types of location where as with many other fantasy worlds they are anywhere from 4 to dozens of types of location each with its defining characteristics that we explore with the characters.
This could be just my opinion of fantasy but it's the thing that I feel the story needed.
(I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review)
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- Angry Cumbrian
- 03-10-19
A classy example in character torment.
Audiobook provided for honest review (having sat on the ebooks). A solid continuation to the Rhenwars Saga while once again torturing reader and character alike with power plays and casual brutality with neat, fluent prose and a nod to the middle east.
Having read the arc of the new series it was interesting to go back and read the origin and backstory of numerous characters with their strong backstory and individuality - despite of a circular nature of events in the vein of WOT.
Of the three books I’ve read, I found this the weakest - more due to the prequel and book one being stronger stories and the ending here being an inconclusive pause after some drama.
Naia and Kyel are once again (hilariously) out of their depth and in effect they become a backstory to the evolved relationship of Meiran, Darien and Quinlan. They also need to learn the use of rope and chains...
Darien does remind me of Sam in Supernatural, but I think it’s the combination of floppy hair and not staying dead.
The last two are intriguing and thoughtful in deed and plot and complement each other on how to cope with the darkside. Meiran has a tasty moment of ruthlessness at the end to show her character, yet of the Rhenwars characters to date she’s my least favourite. It is easy to see why the mage class is now a triumvirate in the privvy as I find her a bit feckless and wait to see how she develops by the end of the series and in the next audiobook instalment.
The strong story and narrator once again work very well together and highlight the author’s ability to put together a tight package that does everything the tin says and leaves you happily wanting more and seeing if the curve balls twist or stick.
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