Empire's Orders

Aether's Revival, Book 9

De: Daniel Schinhofen

Narrado por: Andrea Parsneau

After a long march across the empire, Gregory finally made it to Krogga. Ambassador Rudit Glowstone, Grandmaster of Aether’s Guard, greeted him upon his arrival in the capital. After a brief meeting, she let him go to his wives and friends, arranging for them to have the few days off that Yukiko had requested. That was why Gregory spent his first two days in Krogheim going through the steps required to marry Ling, Clover, and Roshana.

Gregory had to fight his way to the temple as per tradition, even having to put down a berserker champion who had stood in his way— the locals accepted the match as being honorable, as the berserker’s bloodlust ensured that one of the two of them was going to die. Gregory was allowed to marry his three friends in a ceremony that barely deviated from local customs. He spent the next two days with his new wives, then all of his wives, making sure all of their desires were thoroughly met.

Because Gregory had killed a champion on his way to the temple, the Krogheim council asked to speak with him. His prowess and acceptance of their local customs had them extend an invitation for the new year festival to the embassy, but specifically to Gregory and Jenn, as both had proven their strength to the Kroggians. The festival led to new connections with the other ambassadors, most of whom promised to visit after the week-long festival.

Jenn and Gregory found themselves in the finals of the festival duels, but both would end up facing the newest high champion of Krog, Ragnar Ivarson. The massive warrior defeated Jenn with her chosen fighting style of speed and his skill with weapons. When Gregory and Ragnar fought, though, small problems crystallized. Ragnar wasn’t just a high champion— he was Krog reborn. Having found Aether again, he promised that they would talk soon, and he’d even bring his sister with him.

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so many characters

Schinhofen writes another excellent story full of fun and tense times, he is a great story teller. Parsneau however makes the story come to life. Her ability to voice the many characters, each distinctive from the other is incredible. A complex discussion sounds like many people voice the people. The only sad part about her performance is the shortness of the bloopers, one of my favorite parts of the Aether's Revival books.

I hope book 10 is out soon.

it's a good book but not the best in the series

I really feel the last book in this book should have been just one book not enough story progression happened in this book to make it its own book these two short books should have just been put together other than that it was a great story

still good

By now you should know what you're getting. Both the quality of the narration and story remain as good as always. Don't forget the bloopers at the end.

phenomenal book

write out front I'll just say that for anybody reading this review, this is an easy recommend for me to you. this is my all-time favorite series from this author. the narrator delivers Time After Time a fantastic performance. things are definitely heating up in this entry and our main character is starting to recover memories once lost to him. we'll get a couple of hints as to where the next ladies might come from and unfortunately say goodbye to a beloved character. there's battle and political intrigue aplenty and I can't wait for the next book in the series to drop. a round of applause for everyone who had a hand in bringing this story to us, the audiobook listeners.

Love this series

Such a great series. This book builds the outside world more and slowly bringing everything together. So much happens that it's crazy. I need more.

This is a great series!

The book is good! I wish it was longer! And that they had gone all the way to the last part of the agreement! Other then that I really enjoyed it! We also need more bloopers!

always a pleasure to listen to

as always I really enjoyed the slow burn of the series. especially since there felt like there was a lot of progression to the story.

A lot a lot a lot

First up and he did an amazing job as always. A lot of really important things happened in this book. At the same time it felt as if this book was a transition between major events, previous and building events coming soon. I absolutely love though how much time Greg got to spend with each of his wives individually. Yes having great group moments is amazing. But I love how much this book lets each of his wives shine as an individual.

Best book yet

I've complained about how cheesy this story can be in terms of how the characters talk and how the MC is constantly set up by the author to make him look as good as possible. This book did that the least out of this whole series and had real in depth issues taking place. This series has felt like a rinsed and repeated take on his Binding Words series until now and it's great to see it.

Fantastic!!!

In my opinion this book was stellar. I absolutely love the characters.The story and where it's going.
The narrator was superb. I will continue to get the books as they come.