Mandate of Heaven

Beneath the Dragoneye Moons, Book 11

De: Selkie Myth

Narrado por: Andrea Emmes

Sentinel Dawn has returned.

As Sentinel, Elaine has no end of tasks. From a shakedown run to find a fellow Earther, to Iona's new kitsune [Squire] Nina, to a whole new set of skills and abilities from [Loremaster], Elaine is busy. Her name is starting to be known on the world stage, whether she likes it or not.

Through all that, Elaine is informed that the Sixth Legion is going to be deployed to the Han Empire, to put their thumb on the scale in the great civil war, with each of the factions claiming the Mandate of Heaven has fallen on their shoulders. From the thousands of men and women of the Sixth, engaged in deadly battle, to a low-level and vulnerable [Squire], Elaine has to shield and protect her allies and prevent them from coming to harm. As an Immortal, she's not supposed to interfere in mortal affairs. If the deadly Wardens catch wind of her, a swift execution is the best she can hope for.

The bigger question looms, her sacred [Oath] demanding a response—When does she heal her enemies?

©2023 Selkie Myth (P)2024 Podium Audio

Another great addition

Fenrir being a washed up personal investigator is by far my favoritist thing ever.
10/10 I need more. Where’s the next 11 books?

Great Series!

I'm always left wanting more, but the ending was less than satisfying this time around. A few small details Really didn't have to be left for the next book. Wrong kind of cliff hanger imo. But overall, love the book!

Another Excellent Title From Selkie

this books delves more into the perspective of a soldier and does a good job of conveying how hellish a war can truly be against other people.

Can’t wait!!!

Can’t wait for the next book in the series to come onto Audible really loving this series!!

the voice actress is great

The story is great, I actually enjoy it, but, I spend half the book fast forwarding through the constant moral mental arguments the MC repeats over, and over, and over... it gets really tedious when all you think is, my god get over it already.... it's completely unrealistic. But, if you get past that, then the story is actually really good!

Love This series

I absolutely love this entire series and hope it continues, I was drawing out the last book as much as possible in wait for this one, I can't wait to see what comes next I love it!

Lovely story, but often dragged out

I live the story and voice actor, but I can’t help to fast forward every dragged out mental dilemma

Story All Over The Place

I love this series. I wouldn’t have spent 11 credits and countless hours listening to it otherwise. I was crushed from the huge time jump and reshuffling of the cast, but it has been growing on me. I don’t understand the brushing past seemingly significant events and people that could create a great catharsis for Elaine and the reader. Last book was the Flora disappointment. Why was that a nothing storyline after the so cleverly placed touchstones throughout the prior books?

This book was the playwright. That episode was insane and infuriating and seems to be a needless diatribe against the state of isekai anime or something. Not an incorrect take, just seemed entirely like a “blooper” when it was built up like a reasonable plot point. I mean she gets there and it’s literally never mentioned that he allegedly wrote this play from Earth. He just starts talking about nukes (which Papillon made sure nobody understood) and has a gross harem. Really?

It seems like the realities and applications of the oaths in this series is inconsistency personified at best, morally ambiguous philosophical handwringing at worst. Having a virtue ethics lesson poleaxed by incongruous utilitarianism in the middle of a war skirmish is not entertaining. Having Iona eviscerate untrained conscripts under the guise of “greater good” makes no sense. Having her try and make a power play by capricious goddesses into a suicidal crusade for righteousness also is dramatic. Iona hating immortals but also somehow loving the divine who are clearly just immortals…?

Also Elaine refusing to do anything interesting or fun because “she has forever” is tedious.

Truly hoping Book Twelve isn’t bogged down with this wonderful narrator performing Auri chirps for 25 minutes about whether or not arson bad and water bad but good.

TLDR; I spent the credit, I enjoyed most of the book. Love Pallas, love Night, wish the humor wasn’t always at the expense of the brilliance of the world building and story. Also, Elaine is not Aristotle, right?

Fun but naive

While I did enjoy the book as always it didnt really hold up to the promise of our MC having to face and question her oath and morals.

No real situation where her morals clashed with common sense or repercussions of her actions. Example? she says if a her general was about to die or 3 soldiers she'd heal the 3 because 3 is more than 1 and she values them all equal. YET common sense states is the general dies thousands will die in the transfer of command alone in the chaos or more if it causes the battle to lose. Yet our MC refuses to consider the results of her actions only the action itself which is quite selfish and childish. Especially because she does consider it when it's her own life. She will thinking term them if the 3 who she can save is worth more then her own when she will heal thousands later. Just not what others will or wont later. Convenient.

Like she even says if she came across a world destroying horror who was dying she would heal it and deal with it killing cities after but refusing to take responsibility for its actions even if she knows what actions it's going to take.

A more simple example? A general orders his troops to kill civilians in a city but before they can a hero attacks and mortally wounds the general to stop the slaughter. Our MC then would heal the general so he can live then knowing he will send his troop out to keep killing. Knowing she cant heal all the city at once but she wont care because all life is sacred and our generals life matters even while ordering such things.


I had hoped our MC would have to face those consequences and while she thinks of the scenarios and what she would do our MC never has to face what will happen if she keeps to such short sighted blind healing. I had hoped one general would order and atrocity then harm new soldier after soldier to keep her locked in place healing while not harming her already healed patients. Or have her heal someone fighting her love then have her valkyrie die right after due to her healing them.

I think that would be a good judge her healing a known killer who gets away and later comes back to kill Julian. Making her face the whole not judging and even healing the worst of evils.

good book

good book. . . good narrator. . . will get the next book in the series. . .