The Trials of Descent

The Menocht Loop, Book 6

By: Lorne Ryburn, caerulex

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Ian thought two affinities was the limit of power. He was wrong.

After training for five years with Ancient Ash, Ian and Maria return to Karanos and the white faction. It’s finally time to put their plans into motion. It’s time to confront Achemiss.

The paranoid necromancer is secluded within a hidden plane, inaccessible to most.

Ian must attend the Hall of Ascension’s gathering for a chance at infiltrating the black faction and meeting Achemiss in person. He takes on a new identity, masquerading as a powerful monster leaving seclusion for the first time in millennia.

Ian, Maria, and a new companion are thrust into the limelight as unexpected competitors in the Hall’s newest game. Ian must participate while proving to everyone the validity of his new identity.

Ian must show everyone the power of an ancient.

©2023 Lorne Ryburn (P)2023 Podium Audio

The cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers!

This is probably one of the better books out of all of them so far. Thanks to Ian's beginning affinity he's now more clever and it shows in his actions. He follows through with ideas and concepts that are just so much more well thought out and planned. He's cunning now and it's wonderful! whereas in previous books you could sort of guess the routes that he was taking. Now you really just don't know what he's going to do next, but what he does end up doing is unexpected and brilliant. It makes reading about his adventures so much more interesting. When he meets up next with Yuri in the next book it's going to be one hell of a fun ride! As per usual the narration is spot on. I will warn you however, that the ending of this book is a massive cliffhanger. I can't wait until the next book comes out! Highly recommend the series!

Can’t wait for next one

This series is so good. Well narrated too. I am sad I’m at the last published one and looking forward to continuing.

The best one yet!

I'm kind of obsessed with this system of magic in the world. Every book has pulled me into the story and characters. Joe Hempel has been the perfect narrator for these characters. I absolutely love the developing dynamics of Ian and Maria's relationship, considering the mechanics of her being a lich, former queen, and older woman. I feel bad for Yuri but I'm on the IanxMaria ship all the way. The regalia aspects has definitely spiced things up, and I'm really excited to see how world reacts to Ian coming back to his world. A lot of things occurring and I love'm all.

Autistic hyper fixation times 10

This book is my favorite in the series so far it is absolutely incredible and one of the best audiobooks I’ve read in a while. The humor in previous books along with the slow buildup into this book is extremely well done and leaves me on the edge of my seat waitingfor what’s next… I love this book series and it is just genuinely one of the better things, Laura Ryburn if you’re reading this… Ian was literally my Halloween costume so… It’s a really good book

not as much action but...

as one of the other reviews stated it does feel a lot like a filler, but it also goes a long way toward Ian's development with power and also the progression towards his goal with Achmus. Yes I know that's probably spelled wrong but who cares lol