Blood of the Mountains

The Aldoran Chronicles, Book 5

By: Michael Wisehart

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds

The award-winning epic fantasy series continues with this fifth volume of The Aldoran Chronicles saga.

Adarra

Entangled in Tallosian feuds and fragile negotiations, Adarra's path takes a deadly turn when an ancient power stirs from its slumber. Unnatural monsters sweep across the Isle of Tallos, leaving carnage in their wake. To protect both friend and foe, she must risk everything—finding an unexpected ally in the enigmatic Talarin, and becoming the shield for those she never meant to save.

Ayrion

Burdened by the truth of his Upakan blood, Ayrion is sent to broker peace with Aldwick, only to find every door barred and every plea rejected. With winter's grip upon them, his people face a stark choice—return to the shadows of their assassin past by raiding the cities that spurn them, or watch their families starve and freeze in the wilds.

Ty

In Easthaven, Ty plunges deeper into a labyrinth of forbidden magic. Guided by two of the most unexpected instructors, he unearths dangerous secrets surrounding Aerodyne and the Nethriall. But each revelation brings him closer to a power that could save his friends—or destroy them.

Ferrin

Parting ways with Ayrion and the Tanveer, Ferrin turns east to honor a promise to his friend, Azriel—to find his family in Easthaven and tell them he yet lives. But getting there is no simple task. Forced to flee from one city to the next, the group finds its salvation in the most unexpected of places.

©2025 Michael Wishart (P)2026 Podium Audio

To “wordy”

This is a revised review after finishing the book. I ended up skimming the middle of the book as it was a slog to get through. Story is still good with interesting characters but the it’s hard to stay connected and immersed in the story.

Narrator is excellent!

the rest of the series was fantastic, but this one was not quite as good

I feel like Claude AI was present in this particular book where I did not feel like that in the others before. Don't get me wrong, still a great story and awesome performance, but where a brief description would be needed for a place or the weather or a room, it was the most verbose, flowery series of phrases and sentences imaginable. reminds me of exactly what AI does.

Nothing Happens… Miss by Michael

I have read all of Michael’s books, love this series and street rats but this book was a complete miss. 50 chapters in and you’re still waiting for something to happen. I really hope the next installment is back to normal, because either Michael or someone on his team really phoned it in on this one

Awesome but wish it was more based on the hero

Great book but wish we had more based on the hero of these books. Hopefully we get back to the main story in the next book

Clearly written with ai

Still a good story but super disappointing after the other books were so good. I would rather wait longer for a good book then get ai writing that wasn’t checked for readability. It’s overly verbose. Two sentences of description for every one sentence of story. It’s like watching a budget anime that is 1/4 intro 1/4 recap 1/4 story and 1/4 credits.