The Scheme

Tower of Damnation, Book 4

By: Tristan H. Brown

Narrated by: Christopher Boucher

Bradley had stayed in Abyss for far too long, protected by its tall, enchanted walls.

General Fluxi wasn't so kind as to allow such a promising chess piece to remain dormant. The elves and demons were running rampant in Arcana, their movements too disturbing to overlook. Bradley, unoccupied, was ordered to investigate, where he discovered a clever plot beginning to develop. There, he found a dungeon. Or, in other words, a tower...

©2021 Tristan H. Brown (P)2023 Podium Audio

Inconsistent logic

The story moves slowly, in that a lot of extra explanation that doesn’t do anything are all over the place. Stuff like he was in the fire, burning. It made him so hot his skin burned. He had never been this hot…. On fire. A lot of that and also just nonsensical logic. Like one moment a character is weaker then the average person but the next moment they can move, talk and do so much while a super strong monster is attacking them. And then there’s the undermining of his whole character background and actions when it came to how he treated the person who tried to murder him. (It happens super early and knowing this doesn’t ruin anything. It was a really pointless addition that just hurt the story.)

Plain, and i'm guessing written with generative AI

mediocre presentation of an interesting world
fantastic narrator
and several things strike me as the sort of thing gen AI would do

-multiple references to coffee as in 'in less time it takes to brew a cup of coffee' in a world with no coffee from a character who has never mentioned liking coffee. and the coffee references are clustered together.
-can't keep track of numbers. how many soldiers are with the main character? is it 12 50 or 100?

Boring.

First two book the author was following a plan, the following two books seems like he's wasting time with the faction he is a part of. I dont think anything significant has happened in his plan.

What's happening?

I was going to give up after the last book. This one cements it:<

Why is every book 30-40 minutes shorter for a "preview"

The book is shortened by 40 mins this time for the sake of a "preview" also seems to stop quite suddenly. these "books" feel like one novel split up to make more money.