What Remains of Heroes

A Requiem for Heroes Volume 1

By: David Benem

Narrated by: Andrew Tell

Lannick deVeers used to be somebody. A hero, even. Then, he ran afoul of the kingdom's most powerful general and the cost he paid was nearly too much to bear. In the years that followed, his grief turned him into a shadow of his former self, and he spent his days drowning his regrets in tankards of ale. But now an unexpected encounter casts Lannick upon an unlikely path to revenge. If he can just find the strength to overcome the many mistakes of his past, he can seize the chance to become a hero once more. And with an ancient enemy lurking at the kingdom's doorstep, he'd better....

©2015 David Benem (P)2015 David Benem

will try to listen again

I had a hard time keeping up with what was going on .. my mind kept wondering , I`m not sure if I just was not interested or the story was not interesting , I think it was that the story is so complicated that I need to try again , and really listen . ill try again someday . if my opinion changes ill update my review . until then ill say the narrator did a fine job and the story was ok


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Probably a great book for many!

Would you listen to What Remains of Heroes again? Why?

I listened to about 4 hours of the book. When I downloaded it, I didn't realize that the story centered around the occult. I know that many people thoroughly enjoy a good story dealing with spirits and the like. In fact I believe the author and the narrator both do a masterful job. David Benem is a real wordsmith who does a great job of letting us see what is happening. Likewise, Andrew Tell is a very effective story teller. If you have any interest in this genre, I highly recommend that you check it out. Even though this subject matter is not my cup of tea, I was intrigued enough to listen for several hours. If I didn't have so many other books to finish that are more in my preferred areas of interest, I would have kept going simply because of the high quality of this literature/performance.

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I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review of what I thought of it. The opinions stated are my own and not influenced by the free download.

Can't wait for the next one!

Great story! Very much worth the listen!



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before I begin I must disclose that I was provided a copy of this book at no charge for writing a unbiased review .
The story is very good, nice twist and character development. The only thing that I heard enough of was the characters complaining and crying g about how tuff their life was. I like the hard charging hero that never waivers in purpose .
That being said I did enjoy the book and look forward to the connclusion or next phase of the story in the next book.

Really fast paced and well written!

For the most part, this novel follows the exploits of three primary characters: Lannick is an old soldier, once a hero and a captain in the royal army, and a former member of a sort of secret society of protectors. Now he’s more of an old drunkard who spends most of his time in the pub drowning the sorrows of losing his entire family to a gruesome murder. Karnag is a thief and an assassin who is going completely bonkers insane because of the last job he did. (B-O-N-K-E-R-S. Like… right off the deep end). Last but not least, Bale is a socially anxious scholar who, despite it being the last thing he wants to do, is sent to investigate the same murder that’s driving Karnag mad.

We also get some pretty awesome secondary characters: Fencress, a mercenary and member of Karnag’s company; Gamghast, a prefect of the same religious order as Bale; Brugan, an old friend of Lannick (and purveyor of drinks), and Lorra, a woman who agreed to guide Bale to his destination. Interestingly, sometimes we see the story from the POV of some of the secondary characters, in fact, Fencress’ POV takes over Karnag’s as the story progresses and he’s not… really in his right mind. I think my favorite character is Bale. We have a lot in common, Bale and I. Except the religion. >.>;

This book is very well written, not at all boring, and dark AF sometimes (Lannick’s first encounter with the Necrists, I’m looking in your direction). You would think that the main antagonists of the book, who are basically a group of necromancers trying to revive their nightmare god, would make the whole thing kind of cheesy, but that’s not at all the case. They were legit creepy AF, wearing people’s faces as masks and stuff. Other reviewers have pointed out that this book does have a few commonly used fantasy tropes, but it doesn’t feel at all like a common fantasy novel. Benem does a great job using tropes like the retired soldier, and the evil necromancers and making them seem new and fresh.

Andrew Tell, the narrator did a very good job at telling the story. I liked the voices that he gave Bale and Fane (who is easy to hate to begin with, but I might have hated him more because of the voice), but I loved the voice he gave Karnag most of all. Very menacing and appropriate (though, there were a few times that I desperately wanted him to say ‘I’M BATMAN’ with all that menacing gruffness). He made each character quite unique and helped immerse me in the story. Well done!