The Books of the Dead: Parts 1-6

Vesik 9-14 (Vesik Series Box Set, Book 4)

By: Eric Asher

Narrated by: Erin Moon

Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's Summary

Damian Vesik is lost, trapped inside a corrupted shell of his own power. The Mad King is coming to claim his necromancer.

With time running out, it falls to Damian’s allies to save their chimichanga-loving friend as he teeters on the edge of oblivion.

Strap in for macabre thrills and supernatural chills in Eric R. Asher’s high-octane urban fantasy series!

The Book of the Ghost (book 9)

A battle lost. A friend fallen. Cue the heroic undead.

Vicky shouldn’t be alive. Knowing she has necromancer Damian Vesik to thank for her second chance, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to return the favor.

The Book of the Claw (book 10)

A pack torn. An enemy revealed. The werewolves face a long-forgotten foe...

Vicky, Hugh, and the pack must protect Kansas City from the rising darkness even as Nudd’s will threatens to crumble the city itself.

The Book of the Sea (book 11)

A kingdom fallen. A queen victorious. The return to a past long since abandoned...

With Damian trapped in the Abyss, Nixie ventures to a lost city in search of a powerful artifact known as the Eye of Atlantis.

The Book of the Staff (book 12)

A demon unleashed. An ally imprisoned. Zola risks a pact that could kill them all.

Zola Adannaya, necromancer and mentor to Damian Vesik, seeks an ancient artifact in order to save her student. Unfortunately, the only beings with the knowledge she needs are demons she trapped long ago.

The Book of the Rune (book 13)

A haunted mage. A weapon lost. Sometimes, the dead return.

Ward embarks on a quest through the outskirts of the Golden City, which is rife with Unseelie Fae and iron-touched alike. 

The Book of the Sails (book 14)

A demon unleashed. A queen restored. A quest into a realm of fire and death...

The Burning Lands, once again, beckon Vicky as she and Zola fight to release Tessrian on the realm of the fire demons. But all is not what it seems.

©2019, 2020 Eric R. Asher (P)2020 Eric R. Asher

Eric Asher is a mastermind!

I absolutely love this series. I miss hearing Bill's voice , but Erin did a fabulous job! can't wait to finish the series

this is where the writer lost his characters.

so up untill this point the books have been great. Unfortunately the writer took the story on a convoluted joy ride. The main character is in limbo so he is writing from the perspective of other charators. Ignoring his characters barely fleshed out motivations, he makes his "dolls" (because they are not fleshed out characters) follow his crazy maze of terrible logic...

Meh

I enjoyed the first set of books narrated by William.
Unfortunate that he was unable to continue the rest of the series. The new narrator did a very good job. For myself, I struggle to be captivated in the story with many female narrators. I will be listening to the book and realize scenes and conversations had changed while my mind had drifted onto thoughts in my head rather than what was happening in the story. It may just be me. William did a great job with voices and when that changed it was hard for me to feel like it was still the same story. After finishing books of the dead parts one through six, I’m not sure if I want to struggle through just to find out how the next book goes.

New voice, different characters

I love the finality of these books. Brings closure to many untied threads that developed in the Vesik world. The one distraction is that the reader has changed and with it, the portrayal of the characters. I couldn't help but miss the original reader, bringing the voice of characters like Leviticus, Euphemia, and Mike the Demon. The characters in this set sound different and with different intonations bringing about new character representing old characters.
EDIT: just opened Dreams of the Forgotten Dead, RIP Mr. Dufris.