Renia

Luna Ruinam, Book 1

De: Karl Forshaw

Narrado por: Christopher Tester

The Halls of Venn are the seat of both knowledge and power in the great continent of Luna Ruinam. Renia, a scribe with a tragic past, spends her days expertly copying books that do little to satiate her desire for knowledge.

When a fateful commission lands on her desk, she finds herself tasked with transcribing a book coveted by assassins from the southern continent. Its theft throws the scribing halls into chaos and threatens to destroy the fragile peace that exists between their nations.

Haunted by dreams of her past, Renia must learn to master her impulses and awaken her long dormant magical abilities if she is to prevent war.

Fate, it would seem, is eager to grant her wishes. Yet she must risk everything to pursue it, and pay the bloody price it demands.

©2023 Karl Forshaw (P)2024 Karl Forshaw

An interesting book in a world that's lacking just a tad bit.

First of all, the performance was incredible. The Voice Actor did a fantastic job at portraying every character, and giving this world a breath of life. Second, the book itself is honestly pretty good. It's a fantastic debut novel and I am looking forward to reading the next installment in this world. The characters were interesting, though some were definitely written worse than others. The overall world is intriguing, but it's also the reason I cannot give this book a 5 star rating. I felt like I was reading a theater play a lot of the times, due to just how cramped the world felt. It wasn't until the very end, that I felt like the world opened up and made me curious about it. Which is unfortunate, because that meant that most of the book was mostly carried by the character work. I'd give this book a 3.8 out of 5. It's not quite a 4 for me. But I also feel like a 3.5 is a bit too low. Overall it's worth the read(listen), and I'm looking forward to the next one.