• Duty

  • The Trysmoon Saga, Book 2
  • By: Brian K. Fuller
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (821 ratings)

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Duty

By: Brian K. Fuller
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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The demon's attack at the betrothal spreads fear and doubt throughout the nations of Ki'hal. But Gen's courage and sacrifice make him a legend and inspiration to the people. As the long, dangerous trip to Elde Luri Mora approaches, the Chalaine must battle her misgivings about the Ha'Ulrich and lean on her faithful Protector for the strength to do what she must to save the world.

As the journey across shards begins, her friendship with Gen deepens with every mile forward - but so does the danger. Intrigue and ruin threaten the caravan at every turn, but the most dangerous war of all is fought within the walls of the Chalaine's heart.

©2014 Brian K. Fuller (P)2015 Podium Publishing

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Interesting ideas. Exciting and well done.

There are four books in “The Trysmoon Saga” series. They are one long story. Be prepared to read them all. The four books in order are Ascension, Duty, Hunted, Sacrifice.

5 stars for Ascension. Exciting wonderful journey following Gen an orphan. The evil local magistrate bullies and harms Gen and others. Warlord Khairn comes to town killing many. Khairn forces Gen to learn to fight. There are magical creatures and healers in this world. It reminds me of Lord of the Rings with a little Harry Potter.

4 stars for books 2 and 3, Duty and Hunted. Still very good as they continue Gen’s story.

3 ½ stars - maybe 4 stars for the last book Sacrifice. There were sooo many battles and journeys. The main characters fight, flee and survive one obstacle, then an emergency happens and they are fighting something else. I was getting a little weary of battle after battle. But the overall story and how it ended was worthwhile. The evil god Mikkik was close to destroying all the good in the world. The epilogue was fun and very feel good.

AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR:
Simon Vance is excellent. And he does females well.

Narrative mode: 3rd person.
Genre: fantasy.

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Cast of characters and places

I enjoyed the whole series, narrated superbly by Simon Vance. He is my favorite narrator. There are weird names for people and places, so below are brief descriptions of the characters in this book, and the setting, but no plot spoilers:

The planet is Ki'Hal. Long ago, this fantastical planet split apart into shards, only accessible via magical portals. The three major shards are also nations: Rhugoth, Tolnor, Aughmere. Planet Ki'Hal has three moons: Trys, Duam, and Myn. Trys is eclipsed. Trys, shown on the cover of each book, is central to the plot. Each moon yields different magical gifts, which can be supposedly used only by skilled mages. The nexus for the power of the god Eldaloth is the moon Trys, and a sacred place on Ki'Hal called Elde Luri Mora. In this book, the characters travel to Elde Luri Mora, crossing several bleak shards to get there. They must perform a wedding ceremony there, in the Temple of the Three Moons.

The main character is an orphan named Gen, a likable bard-turned-warrior, about 19 or 20 years old. When the series begins, he is apprentice to the bard Rafael, in the obscure village of Tell, on the nation-shard of Tolnor. Then he becomes bodyguard to the Chalaine (see below) in Rhugoth. In the previous book, at his village, Gen had a crush on Regina and was best friends with Gant. They are mentioned in this book.

In the prequel, a vicious warlord king from a different nation-shard (Aughmere) invaded the nation-shard Tolnor, and took an interest in Gen. This warlord is Torbrand, the Shadad Khairn, like a tribal warrior Khan, or a sheik. Torbrand loves his daughter Mina. He plays a strong supporting role in this book, Duty.

Then there is the Chalaine, of noble birth, beautiful, kind, and brave, but overwhelmed by the prophecies of her divine destiny. She's about 18 years old. Her best friend and handmaiden, Fenna Fairedale, plays a strong supporting role. They live on the nation-shard Rhugoth.

The Chalaine is destined to wed the Chertanne, aka the Ha'Ulrich (ull-rick), aka the blessed one. He is from the nation-shard Aughmere. His father is Torbrand, the vicious Shadad Khairn of Aughmer mentioned above.

Together, the Chalaine and the Chertanne (Ha'Ulrich) are prophetically destined to save the world, through their offspring.

The Chelaine's mother Mirelle is called The First Mother. She is also beautiful beyond the norm, but is politically shrewd, ruling in the capital city of Mikmir, on the nation-shard of Rhugoth.

Inside the crystals in an ancient necklace are three teachers from the past, three über-warriors who fight Mikkik's evil: 1) Samian Birchwood, perhaps the kindest one, he's a woodsman (and Maewen's father), 2) Elberen the archer, a wise and knowledgable elf, speaking the old language, and 3) General Telmerran Fourtower, the boldest (and most reckless) of the three.

Members of the elite Dark Guard protect the Chalaine and the First Mother: Dason, Jaron, Kimdan, Gerand, Volney, Cadaen, Captain Tolbridge, etc.

General Harrick Oggbeth also protects the Chalaine, and helps rule all of Rhugoth. He is one of the regents of Rhugoth, and Kimdan's father. Regent Oggbeth is a contemporary of the First Mother, Mirelle.

Church clerics: High Pontiff Obelard, Mage-priest Ethris, Padra Athan, Aaron the acolyte, Salem the sailor-turned-pureman, etc. They serve the prophecy, and the Church of the One, the murdered god Elderloth. They strive to defeat the god Mikkik and his army of hideous creatures. They also strive to defeat the ilch (ilk), a humanoid sent by Mikkik to destroy the holy couple and their holy child.

The series also includes a few of the Millim Eri, powerful ancient elves, the last of their kind.

There is also the Ash Witch, Joranne. Her sons are the priest-mages Ethris and Kaimas (and one other son barely mentioned in the series). She is cursed to age a lifetime each day, and supposedly serves Mikkik, but is unpredictable.

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Simon Vance is the best hands down

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This is an engrossing series no doubt. Gen is a bit of a Mary Sue, but that doesn't bother me within this story's context. One thing cannot be denied. Simon Vance is a maestro. I could listen to the worst story narrated by him and love it.

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EXCELLENT CONTINUATION OF THIS TALE

I am listening to these books during my time spent working in my yard. I have been so intently listening at times, that I paused in my work in order to fully focus. I was unaware that I was even doing this; until I noticed the "hands on hips" stance and slightly tilted head with a confusing look on the face of my three year daughter.
"Daddy, why you just stand there" she asked.
I said I was just thinking about what I needed to do next and she accepted this as a perfectly logical answer. It led me to thinking who else has noticed me just standing there in a dreamlike state? I thought of my neighbor seeing through his kitchen window and stating to himself, "yep, I always knew something was off with that guy."

GEN is a fantastic character that has tremendous honor. One could easily assume that he would have horrible internal struggles, because of the amount of external stress pressed on him. However, he is so driven to protect what he loves that he in blessed in that very love to rise above the evil that tries to control him.
The narrator for this book was very talented my only concern was the level of intensity he was able to project. Not by any fault of his, but by A mere interpretation. personally there were a couple of times that the intensity of the book or story outweighed the intensity of the narrator's voice.
This is a fantastic book and I recommend it to everyone.

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Good continuation

I was pleased with how the story unfolded. It had unexpected turns and twists and I am curious to see how the events will fit into the larger story. I look forward to the next installment of the series!

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Why couldn't they all have been released at once?!

I'm completely entranced by this series so far. The character development and story is fantastic and still has me guessing how things will turn out. The only negative thing I can say on this series is that I wish I had discovered it later so I could binge listen to them all together instead of having to wait.

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I really don't like how this book ended

They really want us to hate the guy who is supposed to birth a god, and yeah I do hate him. The sad thing is people are this delusional, so it's totally believable that they'd put this fat slob in high regard despite knowing he's a piece of sh*t. Kind of reminds me of woke politics. On the outside they parade around as righteous do gooders who are just trying to make the world a better place, but everyone who's paying attention sees them for what they are. Then there are the delusional people, like the people in this book, that despite knowing the truth still believe something good will come out of accepting evil. Let's hope this guy gets what he deserves in the end.

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Great until...

Have really enjoyed both books so far and in my opinion the narrator is great, Unfortunately by the time I finished this book I was left with a bad taste in my mouth.


*spoiler*


Basically the MC gets cucked by both the girls he's interested in. Just one would have been rough but BOTH? It hurt my soul,

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good story with one crippling downfall

whenever it was just one of the main character and his journey it was a fine and very enjoyable book the one massively crippling downfall that is the reason that this story is at one stars is the antagonist the chosen hero is an annoying pig of a character that exists only to be disgusting. and at the end of the book you have to sit through the forced upon wedding of the heroine and that pig that is constantly brought up and for two of the female leads to get forced on. it is terrible and brought this book down considerably if that chosen hero was not a character this would be a five star review.

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tedious love triangle

This is a crappy romance novel with intermittent elements that advance the overall story. There is a tedious love polygon with between 2 and 4 women-- including a mother and daughter (ick)-- and Gen. Torbrand Khairn shows up and you think: "finally he 's going to commit some atrocity to liven things up", but no such luck. This is the bachelor with monsters; a true cautionary tale of the importance of applying the Bechdel test. This book will make you lust for the blood of innocents it's so bad. A shameful effort! If there isn't a dramatic turnaround in the early part of next book I'm done with this series.

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