The King of Burning Skies

Serpents and Kings Trilogy Series, Book 2

By: S. M. Gaither

Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky

War is coming to the Sundolian Empire. Can a forbidden love between a prince and a dragon save it? Or are they destined to bring it all down in flames?

The kingdoms are shattering. A tyrant rules from the north. The Dragon clan, once exiled beyond the edges of the empire, has joined forces with a bloodthirsty, opportunistic king in the south.

And the crown prince of Rooks is running out of options to keep the people and places he loves safe. His best chance to save his world and take the crown from his mad father may lie in the most dangerous of those exiled Dragons-a woman who is just as likely to ruin him as she is to save him.

Alaya is part human, part divine, and fully prepared to use her growing powers to destroy everyone that has hurt and betrayed her. The list of those people is long. Despite her pain, she still intends to find a way to bring peace to her world-but she can't do it alone.

The high king must fall. What was broken must be mended.

And somehow, both Dragon and Rook must find a way to protect each other from the dark side of the magic building within and around them....

©2019 S. M. Gaither (P)2020 Tantor

Great Story Line

This was wonderfully unexpected. The story line continues from the first book and doesn’t disappoint! There were just as many twists and turns as the first book.

The only disappointment is the tension between characters that somehow dissipates without anyone actually dealing with any of the traumatic events that occur. This could have been better developed.

No smut! Just a great story with a little romance.

Splendid narration except for one glaring and jarring mispronunciation throughout

The narrator is wonderfully talented in every respect save one…she pronounces the word “forward” as “FUHWARD”. It made me cringe each time she spoke it. It detracted from the story line and characters. I am irked that the director/producer did not see fit to correct this error.

Intense, Action-Packed, Intriguing

This book! My goodness! The intensity and the emotion in every scene kept me engaged from beginning to ending. Can hardly wait to listen to book 3.

Great narration

Excellent story!

This was very well written and extremely well narrated. I’m very excited for the third book and I’m very grateful to the author and narrator for creating such an interesting story with such deep characters that I fallen in love with.

Learning how to wield your power

A lot of time was spent with Alaya learning how to wield her power, but it always left her weak, requiring her to accept help from someone she was skeptical about, unsure of their intentions. I was excited that a dragon was added to the mix!!