Darkfell

By: Amanda Wright

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

“A glimmer of hope for the reader! An excellent read for those looking for their next fantasy novel.”—MORGAN L. BUSSE, award-winning author of The Ravenwood Saga and Winter’s Maiden

ABOUT DARKFELL, the #1 New Release in Christian Fantasy

His is a life of books and peace …

Until a dying warrior’s touch ignites an ancient magic within his blood.

For years, Thom Darkfell has used his cartography skills to advise Lomair’s king of the country’s shifting borders. A valued academic, Thom is excluded from the military drafts until whispers of dark abominations and mass casualties reach the king’s ears. The resulting conscription thrusts Thom into Lomair’s losing army. A realist, Thom ignores the wild myths circling through the ranks—until a monster’s jaws snap through the folds of reality and crush a man before Thom’s eyes. With his dying breath, the Realm Walker passes an impossible task to Thom.

Hours later, the visions begin. The Creator, a deity Thom knows only from rituals spoken over meals and graves, appears to him while a girl with starlight in her blood calls from beyond the veil.

Armed with a cryptic map, a biscuit-loving tutor, and the brawn of his best friend, Thom sets out to find the star daughter and lock the barrier to bind the dark realm of Zakar.

If he fails, it will be the end of all.

©2025 Amanda Wright (P)2025 Recorded Books

Slow Start But Action Packed Ending!

It took me so long to get into this book. I’d say about half way through it finally gripped me and I really enjoyed the second half! The audiobook helped a ton as well! Once I was into it, it was very fun. Action packed, wonderful allegory, cute romance, and my favorite, a dragon 😍🐉

A good story with some flaws

For the most part I enjoyed this story. I won't say it was groundbreaking or an epic story, but a solid story in the fantasy genre. I felt the portion of the story spent in the demonic realm was a bit lackluster. The start of that arc was great and had solid pacing, but at the end it felt like things got rushed because the character needed to escape with this item, and this person, and that thing, so the final arc could happen. Also, I am not sure how you can see someone has deep compassion and quiet strength from looking in their eyes. Lastly on the story, while I understand this is Christian fantasy, calling the creator Elohim is a bit on the nose compared to the more original names given to others and in the beginning it felt a little off. Like the author is holding a big sign saying "Christian fantasy!!" every time the name is mentioned.

On the part of the narrator, they did a competent job in reading the story and I was able to understand the whole book as it was read. My main two points were the inconsistency of the performance to the book and those harsh S sounds. This was not constant by any means, but there were instances where I sometimes got lost in who is talking because there was little difference in the tone between the character portrayals. Second was that sometimes the acting for the voice didn't quite match what was happening. Like if someone was supposed to be whispering and it's read in a normal voice instead of trying to imitate a whisper. Finally those S sounds, my goodness. When I was listening to this on bluetooth while driving, the S sounds were so harsh it made it hard to listen to. I think if the narrator worked on their acting and fixed those S sound peaks, they could be top tier.

Amazing from beginning to end

I absolutely loved this book. It is a solid clean read. I would honestly rate it PG, but becasue of the battles it wouldn't be suitable for young minds. i woukd say tween and up depending on maturity. There are battle scenes but they are not very graphic. Compared to today's standards they are mild. The Narrator was by far one of the best I have heard in a long time. I loved the way he voiced Tarell. The book had funny moments, to off set the serious parts of the book so that you were dragged down while you were listening to the story. I would highly recommend this book for fans of Frank Peretti which is totally what it reminded me of. Or vice versa, if you loved this book you would love books by Frank Peretti.