The Tomb of Dragons

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.

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!

Inconsistent Pronunciation With Previous Books

The only complaint I have is that the reader changed pronunciation of some words in the prior two books. Aside from that, the story and narrator were fantastic.

Pure comfort

Comfy in the manner of Hercule Poirot. The fantasy setting is rich with history and color, but requires little effort from the reader to recall or keep track. Just be swept along by the story and mystery, and don’t sweat it when you can’t keep track of the labyrinthine structure of the Untheilineise Court or the Ethuveraz.

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.