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Harbinger of Ash

War Aeternus, Book 4

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Harbinger of Ash

By: Charles Dean
Narrated by: Jeff Hays, Annie Ellicott
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Lee has managed to survive encounters with the heralds of three different gods, but the price he has paid has been tremendous. Every step he takes leads him closer to victory in the cruel game he has been forced to play, but it also takes him further down a dark path and away from the man he used to be.

After receiving a request for aid from a beautiful and mysterious messenger, Lee and his inner circle travel to nearby Birnefeld, a large and prosperous city ruled by the dragon king. Before he ever arrives, however, Lee encounters a group of marauders ransacking the countryside, meets a strange new herald who has set up camp in the region, and receives the dire news that the hero Brigid of Kildare has gone missing. To make things worse, a powerful new enemy is stalking him from the shadows, toying with his dreams, and striking at his closest relationships.

With the seeds of doubt sown, Lee has to choose whom he can trust before his nightmares become reality and everything he has worked so hard for goes up in flames.

©2017 Charles Dean (P)2019 Charles Dean Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Fantasy Sword & Sorcery Fiction LitRPG War

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to me, there is a problem with how cemented he is to an awkward harem and the human world story is a bit contrived. but its very well written compared to almost any other lit rpg.
seems to embody a lot of subtle awkwatd simplistic anti idealist stuff which seems to fit a lot
, since lit rpgs are normally quite simplidtic and mary sue/about being op.

pretty good

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Another great book form the War Aeternus series. Jeff and Annie as always great with their voice acting. The story itself is also amazing, the plot easily kept me engaged and after what happened at the end of the book I can’t wait for the next one.

On I so loved it

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a good if somewhat brutal continuation of the story, narrator is as good as always

good

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Such a shame that the author took the main character down this path. I get that it's how he is reacting to the world, but it's rather sickening to listen to the constant torture, screams, and begging as the MC goes full tyrant.

Basically turns into your torture porn

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What the heck is the author thinking? It's like he woke up, sat down to write the book and thought, "How can I make my readers hate my characters?"

I found it stupid when the MC is talking about "acting" like a villain when in truth he IS one. I spent the whole book hoping their was some rational explanation for both his actions and the rest of his group, and it is still possible I guess that he is being affected by woman in his dreams, but there is zero evidence to support that being the case by the end. So in short he is just becoming a monster worse than half the people he has killed in previous books. Worse than that fool Miller too.

The MC gives no thought to how to deal with anything other than kill, kill, and kill some more. Oh, and not just on the bad guys. He just kills anyone that annoys him. Quite literally kills thousands of innocent people in this book, and while some of them might be argued as having been done with little choice he doesn't even look for another choice. Not only that, he ENJOYS it. Certainly he commits at least three cold-blooded murders in this book with none of them guilty of any crime.

So while some of the story is good I'm all about characters if I'm going to enjoy a book and I loathed the MC and Miller in particular in this book. I also do not think Lin would still be staying with him by now. Certainly if she finds out the stuff he has done when she wasn't there on top of what she was there to see.

Terrible turn to the series.

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