The Warrior King

Inferno Rising, Book 3

De: Abigail Owen

Narrado por: Sarah Puckett, Alexandre Steele

Meira Amon is the most reserved of the phoenixes, finding computers easier to deal with than people and their messy emotions. But she wants revenge against the Rotting King Pytheios for the murder of her parents just as much as her sisters. Offering herself as a queen for their ally, dragon shifter King Gorgon of the Black Clan, only makes sense.

Just one problem . . .

Samael Veles worked his lowborn ass off to become the fiercest warrior of the Black Clan. He has pledged his life to protect his king at all costs. Yet somehow, in the middle of war, he took one look at a woman in a reflection and gave up his heart. When that woman turns out to be the phoenix promised to mate his king and help bring peace to their kind, he has no choice but to accept it.

Until her fire unexpectedly destroys the king after they've wed. Now Samael must choose between his loyalty to his clan and protecting the queen who might be his mate from his people's wrath, one of which will unlock a destiny no one could have ever imagined . . .

©2021 Abigail Owen (P)2022 Tantor

Absolutely Amazing!

While all the books so far have been extremely good, Book 3 takes the cake!. The story was so good. I really enjoy the writers way of story telling. This story had all the Feels plus more. I felt like i was on the edge and not knowing who or what will pull me up. The male narrator was so much better in this story . I love duel narrations. I'm going to be so said when I finish this series .

Really bringing the story together!

Great edition to the series! I love that we get to see everyone interacting and it’s all tied together beautifully.

Meira and Samuel - A swoon worthy epic tale of love and duty

There are some books that the story and the characters are so rich and three dimensional that I fall into the story and feel an integral part of it rather than just a simple voyeur. The story lives and breathes - it makes you want to hurry up and finish while simultaneously wanting to slow down to make it last. The Warrior King is one of those stories. It has a little bit of everything - sweet moments, fan your face steam, dangerous excitement, cut throat and loyal supernatural creatures, strong family ties, nail biting fight and chase scenes, and even some chuckles, all set against the backdrop of a continuing war between dragon clans.

Meira and Samuel’s love story has all the feels - expect to gasp, laugh, grit your teeth, and cry. Samuel is the Captain of the Guard for Gorgon, the king of the black dragons, who Meira has offered to mate to help solidify the alliance between the black, gold and blue dragons. Meira, one of four Phoenix sisters, is an empath who can teleport through mirrors. At the very beginning of the book, on the day of the mating ceremony, Samuel is made the Viceroy of War for the black dragon clan and swears to protect Meira as well as King Gorgon. A vow he has to almost immediately act upon following the mating ceremony between Gorgon and Meira when Gorgon seems to be destroyed by Meira’s phoenix fire. She and Samuel escape and travel through mirrors to try to discover what has happened to Gorgon so that Meira can fulfill her promise to be fully mated to him. As the war between the dragon clans continues to rage, Samuel and Meira learn to operate as a team through the many dangers and enemies they face, but their growing attraction makes it difficult to remain on their individual paths chosen for duty - to mate Meira to the black dragon king, destroy the red king and bring peace to dragonkind.

On their way to their HEA, Samuel and Meira have to both learn to let down their walls, to let go of their pasts, their perceptions of themselves, and where they thought they were supposed to go in order to embrace a life neither one thought was possible. I am excited to hear what happens next for the dragon shifters and whether the evil ruthless red king will be defeated and balance restored to dragonkind.

Sprinkled throughout this beautifully paced story of Meira and Samuel’s HEA, there are also a number of secondary characters introduced - some are new to the series and some are from earlier books in the series or from the Fire’s Edge series, a parallel story arc. Rather than being overwhelming or detracting from the main love story, these characters are central to the unfurling of Meira and Samuel’s dance of love and passion and the arc of the dragon war. We learn enough about who the secondary characters are in the story along with just enough of their stories so that they’re fully developed characters in their own right. Samuel and Meira’s story is book 3 in the Inferno Rising series. It is a stand alone but the series has a story arc that weaves the books together. To get the full richness of the story I suggest you read them all.

Sarah Puckett and Alexandre Steele did a phenomenal job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice multiple characters quite convincingly. I love the added dimension of listening to the characters.

Really great series

Okay, here me out…story and funny moments really great! Really enjoyed this story! The voice accents however…I just couldn't get into it. I get that the voice actors are having to read for 4 books worth of characters but dang the Russian or Turkish accent…overall easy read and enjoyable.

dynamic story

I really enjoyed the story. made me laugh in several parts. I will say the narrators did not do this book justice. Very sad since it can discourage people from enjoying the book.

Loved book 3!

Loved the two main characters for book 3. As well as the other characters who had their own POVs. The ending right before the epilogue left me a bit heartbroken to find out who the hell hound was towards the end. Can’t wait to see what happens in the last book.

This was so good!!!

I have falling in love with this series. It’s official it has become part of my top 10 this year. The way everything is linked and the connection the sisters have I am enthroned. Sister #3 Meira is just as amazing as the other two and things do get spicy enough to entertain not too much to take away from the book. War and betrayal and so much drama. What can I say it’s just so good I can’t wait to see what happens with sister #4. Yes, this is worth a credit and your time and money, it's currently free but I want them for my collection. 🤗