The Gate of Gods

Fall of Ile-Rien, Book 3

By: Martha Wells

Narrated by: Talmadge Ragan

Tremaine Valiarde and a small, brave band of heroes ventured into a wondrous new realm on their desperate mission to save Ile-Rien from the conquering Gardier. Now, as a relentless enemy creates chaos and destruction - with the fate of the magical city of Lodun hanging in the balance - the last hope of a land besieged may rest on the far side of a secret portal.

But the doorway leads to a mysterious ruin hidden behind the awesome Gate of Gods - and to perils that dwarf anything Tremaine and her allies could have possibly imagined...

©2005 Martha Wells (P)2013 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Wells shows us some very convincing characters in a desperate situation: attacked without warning, their usual weapons made ineffective, and with allies sometimes as strange as their enemies." ( Booklist)

Satisfying listen

Murderbot was so good, I have listened to or read Martha Wells for two months now. I wasn't expecting much from this fantasy story, but it combined fantasy elements with lots of world building and wartime atmosphere to make a good setting for some great characters.

I made my peace with the narrator.

I love the book but had to make my peace with the narration. I had really hoped at some point they would change the narrator in the series.

Beautiful story and fun characters

This is peak Martha Wells and yes I prefer it to Murderbot. I love them both but this is just so much more. The narration is not the best. Everything is over pronounced to the point that I was questioning if certain words actually have that many syllables.

The ending did not disappoint

The characters were well developed, and I wasn’t disappointed with the ending , the reader did an excellent job

Ignore the reader, the story is worth it!

I absolutely love this series as it has all the fun aspects of a good story: adventure, realistic characters that you can become invested in, a believable enemy, and well thought out world's. The reader's insistence on over pronunciation is irksome and gets annoying at times, but it doesn't detract from the story enough that I can't enjoy it (but I'd be really happy if they'd let someone less irritating record a read through). All in all, worth the credits!