Heart of the Wyrdwood

De: RJ Barker

Narrado por: Jude Owusu

From British Fantasy Award-winning author RJ Barker comes the epic conclusion to the Forsaken trilogy, set in a forest straight out of darkest folklore with outlaws fighting an evil empire and warring deities.

"That thing in Tiltspire, it keeps Cahan like a trophy. It says to us, here is your strongest and I have killed him."

Cahan Du Nahare is lost, taken by a dark god whose tendrils reach throughout the world, intent on its destruction. Those who followed Cahan are spread across the land, desperate and lost now fate has turned against them. The Reborn warriors are toys for the enemy, the warrior Dassit, forestal Ania and monk Ont are drawn to the dangerous north but do not know why. Udinny is forced into the company of a woman who desires nothing more than her death and the Rai, Sorha, leads a dwindling band on a mission even she believes is doomed to failure. Only the trion Venn remains hopeful, slowly growing in power and trusting in the path of their god.

But maybe all is not lost. The great Wyrdwoods of Crua may be ancient and slow to act, but something in them is waking.

Wyrdwood is coming.

©2025 RJ Barker (P)2025 Orbit

Best book of the series

These three books together are a powerful story that I recommend hanging in through all of the ups and downs of the characters. An epic story of loss and redemption.

Truly, the heart of Wyrdwood

A heartening and heartrending conclusion to the series. Every character completes their arc in an intriguing manner. This original fantastical world and its past and future are fulfilled. A triumph of storytelling.

Great world building.

I found this trilogy to be very compelling. The author’s world building is so imaginative and immersive. It’s a combination of weird and eerie with hope and human nature and I love the connection with the natural world and the concept of everything being intertwined. I also appreciated how the characters grew throughout the story and how their choices and their regret of those choices shaped them. The only thing that I would’ve liked more of is to have known the fate of Calhan at the end. He was such a main character throughout the first two books and with the later book he became a secondary character. I thought the author was pretty wrapped up with the expansion of the other characters by this point, and it would’ve been great if he had swung around back to Calhan to close the story.