A Many-Threaded Tapestry

Destiny's Crucible, Book 9

De: Olan Thorensen

Narrado por: Jonathan Davis

The future of Anyar is being woven with threads spread across the planet. Secrets revealed, coalitions to form, an implacable enemy to resist. One thing is certain: once again, the future of Anyar has taken a new turn.

Those myriad threads contribute to a tapestry whose final mosaic remains obscure. An enigmatic alien race scattered five human castaways across the planet Anyar, far enough apart that they should never meet. The planet itself is a mystery. How is it already inhabited by humans when they did not evolve there? Castaway Joseph Colsco, now known as Yozef Kolsco, gradually finds himself at the center of resistance to an empire with ambitions to rule the world by any means necessary: Narthon.

He has studiously kept secret his origin despite questions about his innovations introduced centuries early for Anyar's civilizations. Now, he is not alone with his secret. Three other castaways find their way, on their own or not, to join him on the island nation of Caedellium. Joy at the latest arrival is severely tempered by learning castaway Robin Kelly had been held by Narthon and revealed everything Yozef had kept secret. Unable to discern Narthon's intent, he is forced to decide to whom and whether to reveal the secret: family, friends, colleagues, and potential allies in resisting Narthon. The new events complicate an already over-burdened life. Yozef is a prime motivator in forging a coalition to drive back the Narthani tide. Will revelations dash those plans? What will be reactions to the revelations?

©2024 Olan Thorensen (P)2024 Podium Audio

Too much to do about nothing

Many books of this series were great listens. Not this one. This one I actually had to stop and take multiple breaks throughout. I couldn't wait for it to be finished. Very repetitive and not making any sense. He has gotten so far away of why this series is good. Hoping not to wait more then a year to be disappointed again.

Complex Alignment of Old Adversaries and Surprises

The saga moves forward several major steps with knowledge of the Amerikan’s origins being available to a select few among Caedelli and Narthani. Adversaries and forces under Yozef Kolsko, Okan Akuyun and Sadek Hizer once again prepare to square off and concentrate attention on future major battles for control of the continent of Landolin. Yozef continues to grow as a leader of the Caedelli with a few twists and also brushes off his blade-fighting skills. As Yozef advances as a builder of military alliances with his usual moments of angst, Mark Kaldwel’s military creations continue to alter the magnitude of destructive power that can be targeted against Narthani military forces. Okan Akuyun continues to rise in the Narthani army while retaining his admirable leadership skills and empathy for those he commands. To this mix is added a new, surprising participant.

You have done us wrong!

I feel like this book should have been longer. Or at very least the following book should be out shortly.
Waiting a year makes one move on and forget.
Also, the narrator has begun slacking off… I can hardly distinguish between some characters at times. Then again, he has probably also waited so long and has forgotten.
Anyway, I have really enjoyed his series, just feel a bit jilted with the length of this one.

recap

the book spending a little too much time on retelling what happened in all the other books. other than that it's a bridge to bigger things.
I would also call it the tapestry of tying up lose ends.
hope the next book gets written a little faster than this one, especially because of that cliffhanger ( I have 2 options in mind)

Outstanding story

Nine books in and it’s still great! I can’t recommend this series enough. I’m glad that the story ended in such a way that it looks like book ten is on the way. I appreciate that each book is about twenty hours give fantastic value for your credit.

Polls and PowerPoints vs Progression

Love the series and am committed to finding out how it all ends. This one though was a slog.

I completely gave up on following all the Narthani character names as there was too many introduced with ridiculous names. Then there was a WHOLE chapter around how to do a PowerPoint presentation with current technology. Shortly later it was a chapter on how to conduct polling. Maybe it’s just me but that was beyond useless to go into such detail on those topics while the story basically creeped along. So much time could have been saved on the detail and instead focused on overall themes like the alliance, the internal problems, and probably even would have had time to cover the invasion.

Build Up

Did something happen to Gaia's accent? I remember him having a far more pronounced accent in the previous audiobooks.

Good story.

Author needs an editor who will cut out all of the needless descriptive verbage regarding people, places and events that don’t contribute to the story line.

More Questions, Can’t Wait For The Next

This story has captured my attention for the better part of 5 years! Can’t wait to see what happens next!

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Another great entry to the series. Has been long awaited.

Love the narrator. My only wish is that Mr Davis really needs to work on consistent character voices and place name pronunciations. This has been a problem in the last three books. Different characters sound entirely different than they have in previous books. Even at one point in this book one of the Yosef's kids suddenly sounds like a gruff old man briefly. Gaya has been the same voice for the entire series but now he has lost the accent he's had the entire time.

Otherwise no complaints.