• The Mortal Blade

  • Magelands Eternal Siege Series, Book 1
  • By: Christopher Mitchell
  • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
  • Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (64 ratings)

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The Mortal Blade

By: Christopher Mitchell
Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
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A city ruled by Gods, a mortal champion, a misfit girl, and a disobedient dragon....

Stolen from his home, Corthie Holdfast has arrived in the City of the Eternal Siege as a new champion.

He must fight alongside the Blades, whose lives are dedicated to the defense of the city against the hordes of monstrous Greenhides; or die at the hands of the Gods who rule.

Maddie Jackdaw, a young Blade, faces her last chance. Thrown out of every unit defending the city, either she takes on a new role, or she will be sent to the Rats, a company of misfits given the perilous tasks beyond the Great Walls.

Her new role, if she takes it, will bring her face to face with her deepest fears, for beneath the walls, in a secret and hidden lair, lies a dragon, imprisoned and waiting....

©2020 Christopher Mitchell (P)2021 Tantor

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The ending gets very interesting

The development of the characters and story was quite long and a bit hard to follow. I lost the thread between the main characters and few times. The narration is sometimes like a news cast. The ending got very interesting so I may get the next book in the series to hear more about the dragons and a couple main characters

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This is a CrackerJack of a story...

This is a CrackerJack of a story! I stumbled across this in an ad on Facebook and damn I'm glad 😊 I did!
As the story unfolds you realize that it's actually following 4 different storylines, And that all of 'em take place in the God City.
The first introduced is Aila and we learn right away that not only can she change her appearance with glamor but that she also a top tier assassin... the second is Corthie Holdfast a mortal and inducted into the Blade's to fight against the Greenhides an insectoid race and surprisingly Corthie has god-like Battle-vision and he can also see through glamor, next we learn about Maddie Jackdaw a somewhat argumentative young woman that is seriously just trying to hang on and join the Blade's but her chances keep slipping by. The forth and final POV is Daniel Aurelian a young officer joining the militia. All the stories are fascinating in their own right and seemingly independent of each other until they're not!!
Ohhhh and did I mention that there are Dragons, only 2 but jeez how many do you need?!?
I happened to really like Shaun Grindell narration so go ahead and grab this awesome book or better yet the boxed set...

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Amazing story!

I really enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to listen to the second one!!

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Great Story!!

Awesome story as well as the performance of the guy reading it aloud.. He has a beautiful way of bringing the story to life.. Thank you

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storyline intertwined and characters.

The story slow at first but not for long. I enjoy how the characters are brought together but kept separate.

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Political intrigue with Tangential Dragon’s

Set in a single city.
Characters are interesting.
…and yet I’m not entirely sure I wish to spend another credit to find out what happens after the cliffhanger -although I probably will

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Good story

Good story. It started out a little slow but then really got going. Best of all, it’s got dragons!

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WOW just wow

The way the stories told you can feel like you're in the city. you feel the emotions of the characters and you can understand their feelings. I feel like this was a very well written first book. I look forward to reading the next in the series.

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Dragons. Demigods, fighters. Oh My!

I really enjoyed this book. Have started & am half day thru the Second. The “reader is decent with. I had to slow down my pace with him. Once I got in his groove I was able to pick up the pace. The. Ppl itself. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It’s action packed. HS a good premise to it! The. Character development take a bit to get into , it however, it’s is a very great read/listen! I recommend it to anyone who loves fantasy books. The characters are all very intriguing, with several story arcs that fall together like dominos.

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Great Storyline

Incredible story, very entertaining and I can't wait for the next book. Must read

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