Soul Weaver: A Grimdark Power Progression Fantasy

Queen of Conquest, Book 1

De: Fudge Esquire

Narrado por: Rachel Leblang

Betrayed, executed, and reborn, a queen who once ruled through blood and conquest rises to claim her power anew, in the first book of this epic series.

In the ruthless kingdom of Aedronir, Queen Lilith reigned for years through bloodshed and fear. Despite being unmatched on the battlefield, she was far less suited for the throne. Waiting patiently, her enemies put into motion the ultimate betrayal that led to her execution and what should have been her end.

Instead, Lilith's soul awakens in Graedon, a strange new world where mana flows through everything. Reborn as Lilliana, she is the bastard daughter of a baron and is treated as little more than a bargaining piece for marriage. But after her half-sister manipulates her into joining a monster hunt and their camp is attacked, her fate changes. She escapes the massacre, only to be found by slavers who drag her into the brutal world of the gladiatorial games.

Pitted against fae, orcs, dwarves, and even her own kin, Lilith's strength—as well as the unbroken will of the queen she once was—returns with every victory. Meanwhile, the world's System stirs in the shadows, seeking to shape her into a new kind of weapon: the first Soul Weaver.

Fueled by an insatiable craving for vengeance, Lillith seeks retribution against those who betrayed her in a past life and all who dare forget their place in this new world. Nothing can stop the path of destruction she leaves in her wake. The inhabitants of Graedon—and the System itself—will soon learn they have unleashed a force that cannot be contained . . .

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A protagonist that’s more antagonist

Rachel leblang did a stand up job narrating but the protagonist is a one sided character with little growth to show. It’s a decent book but Lilith gets tiring from being so one sided and for being a queen she sure didn’t get many lessons on anything but slaughter. It was great at the beginning I do love a revenge story but there is no change from page one to the end of the book at all. I’m not doing for a dramatic shift but she carries on as a one dimensional protagonist that will basically end in only a few ways. She doesn’t die and kills everyone or she does die. Probably won’t get the next book in the series though some people may like it