Conspiracy of Dragons

Here Be Dragons, Book 4

By: Louisa Masters

Narrated by: Joel Leslie

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

There's only one person I trust . . .

It's no secret that I'm hard to handle. People get annoyed by me. Sometimes they're amused, but not for long. It's not easy to deal with a paranoid conspiracy theorist, and I stretch everyone's patience.

Everyone except Wil. He was there at the beginning, when I left my old life behind, and he's stuck with me since. He's been my friend when no one else wanted to. Patiently taught me how to fit in. He's the one person I know I can rely on.

He's the only man I can see myself ever being with. The only man I would want to spend eternity with.

But when my past rears its ugly head and the stuff of my nightmares rises from the dead, the hope of a happy future rapidly fades. I need him more than ever, but I can't risk him. I can't let anyone use him against me.

Torture doesn't have to be physical to hurt. And I'm not going to let myself be hurt again.

©2022 Louisa Masters (P)2023 Tantor

Great series

The story is a great ending to this chapter of the dragons’ stories. Joel Leslie does a marvelous job bring the characters to life.

Loved it.

Strangely I enjoyed the audiobook more than when I read Stefan’s ebook. I found him very conspiracist, but the audio calmed it for me. I loved listening to it. And enjoyed Will’s calming manner that grounded Stefan. I do hope there’s more books in the series, I’d love to read and listen to more.

Great Story

This is a great story with intriguing characters. I love this series and the narration by Joel Leslie is great as always.

enjoyed it

📖 Story comment: The characters are entertaining and the plot was interesting.
What I call an easy listen ... wasn't too complicated so could listen while doing something without losing track of the story.

Enjoyed Steffen and Wil's story. Steffen's paranoia was well written (with no magic "fix") and Wil's grounding understanding and supportive presence was a perfect fit.
As far as a series ending goes, overall it was a little disappointing, there are elements that feel "unfinished".

🎧 Narrator comment: Joel Leslie is a master voice actor and suits the personalities of these characters. He has good cadence, inflections and intonations, he's kept the consistency of characters voices throughout the multiple series so it's easy to distinguish all the characters from each other and he's done a stellar performance bringing this book to life.

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📌 Where does it fall on my personal scale? 7
• 1 not my thing • 2 didn't like the narration • 3 didn't keep my attention • 4 was good, but once was enough • 5 enjoyed it • 6 will listen again if i'm in the mood for the narrator • 7 goes on the "re-listen" list [4⭐] • 8 kept me up past bed-time [4.5⭐] • 9 recommended to family/friends [4.75⭐] • 10 own it in multiple formats [5⭐] • 11 keep a copy with me at all times [5⭐]
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Fantastic story- my fav of the series!

I absolutely love this story! The beautiful way the paranoia is portrayed is absolutely perfect. Imagine a secret being held for over 4,000 years. I can’t say any more without spoiling the story. Suffice it to say that this is a fabulous story! Joel Leslie does a great job, but in this story it is really hard to tell Wil and Stephan apart just by listening. Joel is very good at keeping the other characters separate. He continues the fantastic voices of all the characters from before- Alistair, David, Percy, Sam, Dustin, Gideon, Brandt, and all the other characters from CSG and the DEA. So many characters- like wrapping yourself in a big hug from good friends!

Wonderful!

It was a fabulous story with intriguing characters. I love this series and the narration is always great.

Conspiracy of Dragons

I absofreakinglutely loved it!

Such a perfect ending and some things I did not see coming so I was pleasantly surprised.

Highly recommend but you must start with Demons Do It Better for it all to make sense.

So freaking good

I've loved both series, especially the more lighthearted adventures in Here Be Dragons, but I was hesitant about this one, the idea of being in Stephen's head was intimidating and I kind of dreaded it, but his character was so well written and the way he learns to cope with his paranoia was great. He didn't feel crazy, just fearful and coping with CPTSD.
Of course Joel Leslie performed the narration as he always does, perfect and full of unique voices for each character.

Wonderful book

I am so glad to have another book placed in the Here Be Dragons world. I am looking forward to more books.

Too much rambling

I love the series but found this book hard to get through. It seemed to go into so much detail it tended to lose the story line. Love Joel Leslie and he was marvelous but the overall story was not my favorite.