Curse of Sekhmet

Casters of Syndrial, Book 3

De: Rain Oxford

Narrado por: J. Scott Bennett

Nathan is preparing to fight a dangerous caster, but the real threat to Syndrial takes everyone by surprise. When he writes about murders that start coming true, he has to stop a killer that is closer than he thinks. Time is against him.

To save Syndrial from a devastating threat, Nathan and his brother will have to work with some unusual allies. As they face old and new opponents, they uncover secrets that hit a little too close to home for Nathan. His Writer ability has been a powerful tool, but this time it might be a curse.

©2018 Rain Oxford (P)2018 Rain Oxford

Writer and Painter are back!

Writer and painter are back. This time their whole birth world is in danger of destruction. There is only one person who can save it and neither of them is that person. They have a short time to find this person and get him/her where they need to be. Trials to pass and patron god to choose. Things will occur that could not be predicted or prophesied. Get ready for a great tale! Well written and well narrated. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher

Let this cast a great listen

This is a great audio. The author wrote a great story. It is book 3. I have not listened to book 1 or 3 . But you can listen to this as a stand-alone. It seems you should listen to the other 2. Scott Bennett as a narrator was great . He had a clear voice . Scott played the parts fantastically.

This is a story about the hero that wants to help his brother out. There is gods in this one and other entities that play a big part in the listen His brother has two sides to him . Grab it and see how it plays in the story

a good book

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I ended up skipping book 2 to listen to this one. Thankfully, the author does a great job of filling in the pertinent details from the last 2 books so even a new reader won't be lost. This story was just as entertaining as the first and the narrator did a good job. Better, in fact, than the first book. Definitely worth checking out if you like a good fantasy story.

Thrilling story

This is an exciting continuation of the Casters of Syndrial series, but don’t worry if you haven’t listened to the first two books as you will still be able to follow the story because the author recaps the prior books well. Writer and Painter are great characters, they compliment each other perfectly and you can’t help but like them. Their relationship grows and they learn to work together better as they strive to help save their world from an apocalyptic event that they cannot resolve alone. With an untrained power, uncooperative gods, revelations, trials and dangers, this story is exciting and has lots of action. The narrator did a great job with the whole series, creating tension in all the right places but also showing the humor in the story very well. His voices are consistent from book to book, making the characters easily recognizable and giving them individual voices. I really enjoyed the repartee, the relationships, magic, dangers and intrigue in this entertaining story.

What Appears to Be Can Be Decieving

If like me you are coming upon this series on this, its third installment, then you will appreciate the fast and concise summary that readers are given at the start of the major events that came before. This becomes especially true when people and their stories (as the audience knows them) become twisted. When you mix this with the training of the under-trained, the paranoia of the targeted, and the frustration of the under-informed, then put all of these volatile elements under the pressure of a prophecy of doom, and you can get some explosive results.

As always the narrator performs excellently. Unfortunately due to several high-speed conversations between family members of the same gender and similar temperament, even the skills of this very skilled and versatile narrator are not enough to keep the differentiation clear and distinct.

Although this story is in-depth enough and engaging enough to stand on its own, I made a realization as I listened that both saddened and irritated me. One of the supporting characters that seems to play an ongoing role in the series, looks to be very underdeveloped in this story. Fortunately for me, I had already ready a considerable length into one of this author's other series (Elemental) in which this character, his magic, his family, and his world are more thoroughly explained as well as how certain styles of magic work. This information would be extremely useful in understanding many elements of This story.

This time they have to save Syndrial itself:)

The third adventure of our favourite casters of Syndrial is again enjoyable and surprising. This time it's not only an old enemy Nathan and his twin brother have to fight against, it's Syndrial itself that needs their help.

As with the other two parts of the series, the imagery and the world created are rich and colourful, and the obstacles Nathan and his brother have to overcome let us get to know them even better - we find out more and more about their personalities and their pasts with every book in the series. This time we also get a closer look at Bast's past - and there's a big surprise waiting there both for Nathan and us:)

The only small fault of this installment of Nathan's adventures is that some descriptive/explanatory parts of the book feel a bit lengthy, but as the information is necessary for our understanding of what and why is going on, I can forgive that:) However, these parts slow the pace of the main plotline from time to time...

As for the narration by Mr Bennett, it's very good, as with the first two parts, although it felt a bit slow this time - but I sped it to 1.25 and then it sounded better. Generally, he's very good at dialogues and voicing particular characters, a bit slow in narrative parts. But overall I liked this interpretation very much.

DISCLAIMER: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Best yet

Ok, this is by far the best in the series. Is the language still pretty rough? yes, but it seems tamer than the two prior installments. Is there still sex? Well we’re talking about gods of similar nature to those of Egypt so yeah, but it isn’t graphic. Should this still be read by those over 18? No doubt.

The story is SO GOOD in this book. Lots of twists you really don’t see coming and the narrator has a solid rhythm that suits this book well. If you’ve read the first two, they will pale in comparison to this one!


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Book 3

There are many characters and their nontraditional roles of good and bad. There's a psychotic split personality that can do tremendous good because of his overwhelming love for his twin brother

The Writer of Syndrial spells DOOM

I have been with this series since I first started listening to Audiobooks, it is probably the second or third series I actually jumped into, and I do not regret it at all. This book does the listener a favor, if you are not all caught up on the series, or have been away from it and need a refresher, as it plays catch up for you at the beginning. Personally, I skipped it. As much as I love J. Scott Bennett's voice I do DO recaps, and would only consider it if I had amesia. SO, please feel free to leap directly into the story.

A jump later and you will find the brothers embroiled in a situation that only escalates their end of the world issues. One thing that I really appreciated here is that even thought the pair are caught up in an apocalypic scenerio the book still stays light and fluffy for most of te time, not that it isn' serious, it is just that this could become really dark if not for Oxford's wise choice to let some steam out of the pipes before they blew everything to hell. Naturally, this plays right into Bennett's court. He has really nailed the characters and tone of this series since the beginning, and if you have listened to him anywhere else, you know that one of his fortes is lighthearted goofiness at its finest. So, taking some of the dark and dread that is hanging over the brother's heads is something he can do effortlessly. I have no doubt that you will enjoy this book, and the entire series if you haven't started it at the beginning.

This is listed as the final book in the series, and I think that it does its job and settles things nicely, while leaving an opportunity to come back if Oxford wanted to do so. The series is fun, and I adore trilogies, as they allow a full stroy to be told and not kill a series off with a slow death. So, don't be put off by the final book stuff. The writing and characterization is excellent and the narration couldn't be better unless they used the voice of Metatron himself. Have fun and please pick this book up! Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. Getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.

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As entertaining as the first 2 Syndrial books

Like with book 2, there is a brief summary of the series at the start, it was very concise and reminded me of all the important events in the first two books. It's great if it's been a while since you read/listened to book 1 and 2; you can skip it if you just finished the previous books and the story is fresh in your mind! You could also use this summary as a way to just jump straight into book 3 (but why?! read/listen to books 1 and 2 first!).

The pace and storytelling method of this book follow the previous. It's not too serious with a splash of snark and silly encounters (quite a contrast to the end of a world plot that the story revolves around) and I think that is what makes this an entertaining read/listen, much like the first two books. I think what I enjoyed most about this book is that we get to know a little bit more about the gods that have been introduced in the previous 2 books and see the two brothers grow a bit more.

Overall, If you enjoyed the first two books, you can't go wrong picking up this one too.

Narrator J. Scott Bennett (again!) performed wonderfully and I would definitely consider the presentation here a pleasant experience all around.

I am looking forward to reading/listening to more by Rain Oxford and J. Scott Bennett!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.