• The Ace of Skulls

  • Tales of the Ketty Jay, Book 4
  • By: Chris Wooding
  • Narrated by: Rupert Degas
  • Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (193 ratings)

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The Ace of Skulls

By: Chris Wooding
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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All good things come to an end. And this is it: the last stand of the Ketty Jay and her intrepid crew.

They've been shot down, set up, double-crossed and ripped off. They've stolen priceless treasures, destroyed a 10,000-year-old Azryx city and sort-of-accidentally blew up the son of the Archduke. Now they've gone and started a civil war. This time, they're really in trouble.

As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Frey is doing his best to keep his crew out of it. He's got his mind on other things, not least the fate of Trinica Dracken. But wars have a way of dragging people in, and sooner or later they're going to have to pick a side. It's a choice they'll be staking their lives on.

Cities fall and daemons rise. Old secrets are uncovered and new threats revealed.

When the smoke clears, who will be left standing?

©2019 Chris Wooding (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group

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o cant believe this is over

as usual, the performance is epic. I fell in love with every single character, and seeing thwm grow at this epic canalusion to this epic book series moved my heart. Ill always remember the tails of the katy jay, thank you for an awesome adventure

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Come back some day.

Really sorry to see this series end. Great on every level,story,characters, narration. Hope that someday Chris Wooding will return to these people. Hoping too that his current series The Ember Blade will live up to the Ketty Jay series.

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Perfect Ending

Sad to finish such an incredible story with amazing characters. Ace of Skulls sticks the landing better than any other book.

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Just nitpicks

I loved the story and the acting, for the most part. Frey's American accent wasn't consistently expressive enough for me. Also, the volume of the recording was too low.

Those are nitpicks. I really enjoyed it!

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Amazing narration

Rupert Dagas should receive the equivalent of an Oscar.His narration is THAT good. The whole series was amazing.

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phenomenal.

What a series. Wooding earned a lifetime listener for sure. wonderfully balance story. action packed.

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The best series I have listened to.

Loved every minute of it. Great story, great characters and great narration. Will definitely be looking out for more books by this author.

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this was a fantastic book, series,and author. I

this was a fantastic book, series,and author. I highly recommend all fantasy fiction fans

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A satisfying ending to a fun adventure

Do the Ketty Jay novels feature basically stock characters? Yes.

Are they made up of tropes you’ve heard before? Yes.

Are they just plain fun adventure stories and a worthy use of your Audible credits? YES!

This conclusion to the Ketty Jay series ties up loose ends and resolves plot arcs teed up in book one. Despite being pretty familiar you care for this crew and want things to turn out well for them… but will they?!

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Loved the Series

This was book four of the series. I was excited to see how it ended.

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