The Tomb of Dragons

The Chronicles of Osreth: The Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy, Book 3

De: Katherine Addison

Narrado por: Liam Gerrard

In The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison returns to the award-winning world of The Goblin Emperor, deftly wrapping up The Cemeteries of Amalo trilogy.

"The audiobook narrated by Liam Gerrard perfectly captures Celehar’s voice."—Buzzfeed on The Grief of Stones

"This trilogy is as close to perfect as books can get."—T. Kingfisher, author of What Moves the Dead

Thara Celehar has lost his ability to speak with the dead. When that title of Witness for the Dead is gone, what defines him?

While his title may be gone, his duties are not. Celehar contends with a municipal cemetery with fifty years of secrets, the damage of a revethavar he’s terrified to remember, and a group of miners who are more than willing to trade Celehar’s life for a chance at what they feel they’re owed.

Celehar does not have to face these impossible tasks alone. Joining him are his mentee Velhiro Tomasaran, still finding her footing with the investigative nature of their job; Iäna Pel-Thenhior, his beloved opera director friend and avid supporter; Anora Chanavar, his stalwart friend and fellow prelate of Ulis; and the valiant guard captain Hanu Olgarezh.

Amidst the backdrop of a murder and a brewing political uprising, Celehar must seek justice for those who cannot find it themselves under a tense political system. The repercussions of his quest are never as simple they seem, and Celehar’s own life and happiness hang in the balance.

Within THE CHRONICLES OF OSRETH

The Goblin Emperor

The Cemeteries of Amalo trilogy

The Witness for the Dead

The Grief of Stones

The Tomb of Dragons

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

©2025 Katherine Addison (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

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"Readers who are enthralled with the new cozy fantasy trend or love a cozy mystery will be delighted with Celehar and his latest investigation."—Library Journal, starred review

"This trilogy is as close to perfect as books can get. A thoroughly enjoyable conclusion to a magnificent trilogy. I come back to these books over and over again and visit the cemeteries of Amalo like an old friend. These books have been a bright thread in dark times. I could not love them more."—T. Kingfisher, author of What Moves the Dead

"An ingenious piece of narrative clockwork—intricate, exquisite, and utterly compelling."—Foz Meadows, Hugo Award-winning author of A Strange and Stubborn Endurance

Brought it all together

It is a solid conclusion of the series, most of the lose ends got wrapped up. It was paced a bit different the the first two, and I think they were better, but still a good book and worth a credit!

Very good, but…

I was thrilled to return to the story of Thara Celehar! I very much enjoyed the first two books in this series, and this one is much like those: we follow Thara as he discharges his duties as a “witness for the dead”, which this time includes witnessing for dead dragons. This book has a lot more action than the first two: kidnapping, assassination attempts, deadly dragon ghosts, and more. But there are still the usual little things that always crop up in these books, such as Thara’s attempts to find yet another suitable coat of office!

This book also goes deeper into Thara’s friendships, and that is where the book stumbled.

SPOILER ALERT!

The author spends 2 1/2 books building up a romance between Thara and Ilana, the flamboyant opera composer, only to pull the rug out from under the reader by having Ilana say “I am not sexually attracted to you. I like women. I’m just a REALLY intense friend!” I couldn’t believe it! There was major foreshadowing all the way up to this point, with meaningful looks, touching of hands, and the like. And then the author just goes “Psych! Fooled you!”

WHY? I felt cheated. Yes, there was the soldier with the “pretty eyes” that Thara kept noticing, who then conveniently gets assigned to guard Thara, and it looks like there could be something that will come of that, but then it looked that way with Ilana, too!! I will not ever trust this author again.

I also thought the big hearing before the emperor went way too fast! This was a major plot point and it was “wham, bam, thank you ma’am” and over in just a few minutes. Again, I felt cheated.

So, overall, I loved this book like the first two, but these two issues were major detractors from my complete enjoyment of the book. Bringing the rating down to 4 stars from 5.

Great Ending for Amalo

I loved every second of this book, it was such a satisfying way to end Thara's time in Amalo. The politics of the city were, literally, killing Thara. But now I know whatever happens for him next, he'll have people cheering him on.

Goodbye sweet Celehar!

I have rarely loved a character as much as I love Celehar. Katherine Addison wraps up this trilogy beautifully, revisiting some aspects of the previous two books, as well as bringing him back before the emperor from the wonderful book The Goblin Emperor, where we first meet Celehar. It saddens me to think we may never hear from him again.

Liam Gerrard is perfect as Celehar and voices each of the characters distinctly, but without drawing your attention from the story. Beautifully rendered!

If you enjoyed this series, may I suggest Lois McMasters Bujold's World of The Five Gods series Penric and Desdemona and also
The Curse of Chaleon, The Paladin of Souls and The Hallowed Hunt. Happy reading!

Another excellent book

Really love the cast of characters Addison has created and especially appreciated the friendships between Thara Celehar (who really doesn’t understand how to accept friendship without questioning if he deserves it) and Anora Chanovar and Iäna Pel-Thenhior. My only comment is that I might have done better reading the book than listening to it. The narrator is excellent, but I had a difficult time distinguishing between characters with similar names. I think reading the names on a page would have cemented them better in my brain. Perhaps next time, I’ll toggle back and forth between Audible and Kindle.

The best one yet!

I love this story, with its admirable and lovable protagonist and its twists and turns. The narration is very good, although it's momentarily jarring to have names and places pronounced differently than in the lovely original performance of The Goblin Emperor. I just pretended that Maia, being raised by a goblin mother, thought of some of the names in her accent, whereas Thara, born of a noble family, pronounces everything with elvish inflections. In any case, highly recommend.

Perfection!

I was nervous to read how the stories of Thara Celehar would conclude, especially after the events of The Grief of Stones, but this is an extremely satisfying finale. Addison continues to deliver unexpected adventure, new companions, and the background tension of political upheaval. It’s a brilliant book!

exactly what I expected, and that is comforting

trying to get all the names straight is a little challenging, but that's really the only complaint I have. The story is engaging, the pacing is good, and the performances on the right side of okay.

Binge listen

I love the development and progression of the characters and relationships. The main character is slowly growing but the core characteristics grow understandably. Great series and very human for all it is elves and goblins in this unique well developed world. I hope the author is prolific on this series!

amazing

It picks up were the last book left off and is a roller coaster. I am so sad it ended so so. I listened to most of it at once.