Sword and Sorcery Box Set 1

By: Dylan Doose

Narrated by: Mike Carnes

Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Listen to the first three audiobooks in the series reviewers are calling, "Gritty, fast-paced, and compelling!"

Fire and Sword:

A broken nation in need of a savior. Ravaged by plague, decimated by dark magic, and infiltrated by a foreign evil seeking to dominate from within, Brynth is on the eve of its dissolution. When all the good men are dead and gone, who is to answer the call and defy what is wicked for what is right?

A twisted tale of three unlikely heroes.

Heretic monk turned sorcerer, Aldous Weaver.

Infamous crusader turned fugitive, Kendrick the Cold.

Aristocrat, rogue, monster hunter, and legend in his own mind, Theron Ward.

Three men condemned to die for their crimes find in each other both the will and the means to survive. A dark brotherhood with Sword and Sorcery is forged, and all monsters meek and mighty do fear the three.

Catacombs of Time:

It’s going to be a long and bloody night.

The clock is ticking, and Dr. De’Brouillard has a date. Dinner is at the Graves, and a contract to cure one of the cursed is sitting on the plate. But when an old and dear friend reaches out from murky shadow for a helping hand, will the Doctor take it, risking all if he ends up being late?

New heroes join the fray. Are they friend or foe?

Dr. Gaige De’Brouillard believes science, not magic, conquers all. Even death is just an equation to be solved. Malory “Butcher” Dahmer knows that life is but a dream, no wickedness or sorcery too strange or obscene. An academic and a gangster make for an interesting team.

The Pyres:

Monsters. Magic. Epic Battles.

The mountains and valleys of Romaria echo with the calamitous sounds of civil war. A new order challenges the old gods, and on the festival night of the Pyres, the tides of destruction are fully unleashed. When the great white city of Brasov turns black with ash, when the sky goes red and the moon hangs like a dark void above, who will stand against the darkness?

Listen to all the audiobooks in the Sword and Sorcery series!
Fire and Sword (Volume 1)
Catacombs of Time (Volume 2)
I Remember My First Time (short story)
The Pyres (Volume 3)
Ice and Stone (Volume 4)
As They Burn (Volume 5)
Black Sun Moon (Volume 6)
Embers on the Wind (Volume 7)
Graves of the Gods (Volume 8)

©2019 Dylan Doose (P)2024 Dylan Doose

Be warned, mature work...

Look, I'm up there in years and I like my fantasy stories... but this is not the expected sword and sorcery, d&d possible tabletop... this is a midevil realistic depiction of a few characters.
It is also, as noted by others, a bit confusing on the history jumps sometimes... but I want to hear what might happen next for the characters. the voice acting was really good, and the story was darn good, but just warning you, not kid friendly.

loved it

I'd never heard to Dylan prior to obtaining this. the world building was great. The land & characters were enjoyable. Fire & Sword reminded me of why I love fantasy. Mike did grea bringing these to life with his narration.

A by the Numbers GrimDark Fantasy

Performance: ****
Fire and Sword: **
Catacombs of Time: **
The Pyres: ***

As a box set, this is a fair deal where the strong narration helps overcome some of the story shortcomings for me. Fire and Sword introduces our trio of heroes amid a very grim and graphic context that was a tad off putting (perhaps more so as an audiobook) and some of which appears unnecessarily gratuitous and perhap titillating for some (it didn't work for me). It's not really a feel good story. Part 1 was a fairly basic story where the heroes are drawn into the defense of a town against an attack from a dark witch and her plague spawned minions. For the most part, it was predictable and the story slips into a descriptive mode (vs active/action) a little too often, but you eventually get to a satisfying ending. Part 2 is a novella that takes a detour to follow a doctor into the dark recesses of the city slum that doesn't seem to have much purpose outside of simple worldbuilding (and a little pontificating against religion using a thinly veiled parody of the christian church). Part 3 is the strongest of the three and reunites the three heroes to finish what they started in Part 1 and roughly follows the same track with a few surprising twists that make it much better. For some reason, the interlude concept introduced in Part 2 was carried through this part 3 with mixed results, adding little to the overall story except word count. Overall I had a hard time connecting to the main characters until the very end.

I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Loved it

I loved the third book Pyres and got this to hear from the first book. Hoping there are even more to listen to

Detailed and Dark

If you don't like descriptive bloody battle scenes and dark happenings to your MC this is not for you. I personally enjoy a demented ride on a carnival or in a book. This is not your happily ever after trope

Gory & Disjointed

1st let me say I'm sorry to the author abt my review. I think somewhere between books 1 & 2 this story went sideways, instead of jumping forward or backward into time. plus there was no warning it was coming. I don't like to hear gory details when wars & fighting start, especially when it comes to the killing off innocent horses & other animals. It’s very disturbing to me. I don't think I'll be buying anymore books by this author. Again, My apologies to the Author.