Ashes of the Empire

Keiran: The Eternal Mage, Book 3

De: D.E. Sherman

Narrado por: John Joseph Rogers, Rylee Kuberra

It’s been four years since Keiran learned the truth of what happened to his world.

Four years of research and marshaling his resources, four years of experimentation in a futile attempt to recover a faint echo of all that has been lost. His refuge has grown in size and population, and he’s begun to spread knowledge of the old ways of magic in an attempt to revive the lost art to humanity.

There are no more answers to be found at home, and it’s time Keiran sees what’s out there with his own eyes. Armed with more mana than ever, he leaves his sanctuary to explore what’s left of the old kingdoms of the world and plumb their depths for lost secrets.

What he finds is a civilization wrapped up in mysteries and lies, ones that could threaten to break the world a second time.

Keiran will have to untangle it all before it’s too late.

©2024 D.E. Sherman (P)2024 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Ugh...

His sister is literally the worst... She needs to Exit stage left. Her character brings you out of the story as soon as she starts speaking. A whiny little brat that never grows into any semblance of maturity. Kill her off and give the protagonist something to fight for...

Solid addition with one caveat

A thrilling and engaging read that keeps you hooked from start to finish. The story offers a captivating mix of buildup, exploration, and mystery, with plenty of new and powerful challenges for the main character to overcome. The author has done a fantastic job of setting the stage for future events, leaving readers eager to see how everything unfolds in the next installment.

However, despite my love for the series, there is one downside: the older sister character has become quite tiresome and frustrating. Her presence detracts from the story to the point where I almost considered skimming through her sections. That said, this is a minor flaw in an otherwise fantastic series, and I’m looking forward to the next book.

Good

Good start and midway was good the ending was so so I do like the pace of the book I can wait to see what is next tho

Interesting

Idk why the last 1.5 hours was a different book but that was just disappointing. This series is decent though. The combat and action isn't the best but the mysteries, world and way the story is told have got my attention. The family dynamics and sister bring things down a bit but it's not a constant aspect or the story. The story flows nicely and there are things constantly happening with few distractions from the main story line. Many mysteries and questions I've felt that i wouldn't get an answer for until the end or even next book but the writer delivers and then hangs another apple out there that looks just as delicious. I'll be looking for the next book.

meh book

meh book. . . good narrator. . . probably will not get the next book in the series.

Keiran the fool

So the last two books show someone who is paranoid and extremely overly cautious to an almost insane degree.

So when you’re in this magic tower thing built by your student who even tho he was clearly stupid from all the stories reached stage 9 became a lich and you see a coffin after being merciful to a bunch of people who planned your death and do fcking nothing????? What happened to the paranoid cautious keiran?? To add more context the coffin is actually drawing in all mana nearby and he did nothing just stands confused after a really easy fight.

Now we have a book the author pulled a wouldn’t this be funny deus ex machida f my well built character, in either of the other book he would have kill or at least instantly locked down that coffin then figured out what it was, let’s also talk about how he freaking wins the fight anyway oh but the lich has a 2nd pyhlactory and was not in the first one???? Fucking what? I know this book has not explained lichs much but most stories about them go into how insanely hard it is to make a single item that can safely store your soul.

I wanna talk about his parents and how this is looking more a more like a anime action manga you can write a slow story building up a person you don’t need to have a massive never ending conflict. But I degress and anyone who reads this is most likely already invested to much time but the story takes a massive L here, the first few hours is basically him exploring finding what is clearly just dragons in a bird format and then invading a magic tower clearly the thing that broke the world and instead of immediately trying to gut the tower he breaks in and immensely stupid shit insues

good until near the end, might drop now.

without major spoilers, most of the book was great! other than him progressing way to fast for my tastes. what got my goat might not get yours, but it basically boils down to the MC getting an arch nemesis big bad that is just as if not more powerful than him. while I don't mind that by itself, it's fundamentaly changed the structure of the story I tuned in to hear, that of a very knowledgeable skilled mage slowly rebuilding his power and expanding his influence. I'm afraid that the next books will simply devolve into an all encompassing war and a race against time as he gets more powerful while constantly dogged by the ungodly strong forces of his foe, and that's just something I'm not into

I thought this was going to be a solo adventure,

I thought this was to be solely about MC and his journey to fix the issue with magic. however the sister was paired with him on his maiden journey, I didn't much care for his sister before as she was just annoying. she wasn't so prominent in book 2 so it wasn't an issue and I didn't think she would've had a significant role in driving this story in this book, but I guess the cover is/was my warning hint. anyway I don't want to say too much more...maybe its voice that's used..well whatever it is, I don't care for it and it kinda messes with my listening experience and adds a dynamic for lack of a better word, that I don't care for.

Another Thorough Enjoyment

Again I really enjoyed the third book in this series. While there are some things I’m not a huge fan of mainly with the timeline at which future progression will seem to take place I’ll still be tuning in for book 4.

It seems like the author is learning and evolving, while there were some flaws that popped up in book 2 they are absent in book 3 so I’m hopeful that the author will also reevaluate what did and didn’t work in this book and adjust accordingly moving forward.

Either way I’ll be there day one to pick it up and devour it equally as quickly. Much much better than his other series, highly recommend.

the unique world concept was very fun to explore.

it wasn't just one linear plot, there are a multitude sub plots that tie into the main that keep it a very entertaining read