The Shattered Land

Eberron: Dreaming Dark, Book 2

De: Keith Baker

Narrado por: Alex Hyde-White

Xend’rik. The dark continent. A land of once-proud empires that now lie in ruin. A land shrouded in mystery where monsters and dark powers stalk the jungles, where only the bravest and most foolhardy will venture.

Now a band of war-weary soldiers must brave the depths of Xen’drik in search of an artifact that is the last hope to save one of their own.

©2006 Wizards of the Coast LLC (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Can’t wait to listen to the next one!

I have been a long time fan of the forgotten realms books and I will say that these first two ebberon books I’ve listened to have been just as good, if not better than some. The characters are memorable and the story is well written. I can’t wait to start the next one!

❤️

as a lover of Eberron... wow.. that ending... I don't want to spoil... but.. wow ❤️ the Clues were so subtle 😆

A wonderful adventure into Eberron

A wonderful part 2 that leaves one wanting to delve into Eberron more with each chapter

Better than the previous one, still a bit flawed

What did you love best about The Shattered Land?

The inventive about the fantasy world and the alien landscapes and situations.

What did you like best about this story?

It finally ditched the badly written mystery tropes from the previous book for better written ones.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

It's still as stilted as the previous one, but at least each voice is recognisable even without the speaker being called in the script.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

As i listen to stuff while driving (and i do a lot of driving) i would not be able to listen to the whole book. Yes i'm still one of those people that like better to actually read a book when available.

Any additional comments?

Far better than the previous one in this series and with interesting situations and characters, it has two main flaws:
1) characters whining that they do not want mystery. Yes, that's a thing readers probably said of the previous book. No. It should not come out of the mouths of the actual characters in the story every five minutes.
2) The plot twist at the end. It really, really, REALLY sucks. It's the kind of plot twist pulled out of thin air that does not work on multiple read-th- ... uhm ... listen-through searching for clues.

a worthy sequal

starts off great. gets a little harder to follow midway through as the plot thickens and new characters are introduced. existing characters grow in meaningful ways.
the narrirator really goes all out to put voice to a somewhat convoluted cast of characters. that might not be everyones thing.
4 stars overall. It may be a better read then a listen.