A Vengeful Realm

The Breaker of Chains, Book 2

By: Tim Facciola

Narrated by: Landon Soelberg

New Rheynia has woken from peace’s slumber to a nightmare. Denied the nightly rains, crops fail, people divide, and revolution blooms between every crack in the kingdoms’ failing foundation. King Varros—supposedly dead. Laeden, the traitor, a fugitive. And the Uprising’s patience has ended. Following Zephyrus’s open defiance of the crown, war has come — and no one will emerge unscathed.

While Danella directs Damascus to finish the war her father started, Laeden frees gladiator slaves to raise an army against them. With New Rheynia burning, Vykinallia, a prisoner of the Uprising, attempts to prove herself more valuable than a king’s ransom. And Iylea, after skirting death to become a servant in the divine realm, learns of a treacherous plot amongst the Gods with Zephyrus at the center of it all. Now, with the aid of Iylea in the divine realm and Laeden in the mortal, Zephyrus must claim the lost relics of long dead Gods if he has any chance of facing the Traitor God and breaking the chains that bind all of humanity. But plans are in place…

The Age of the End is coming.

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Relatable Characters and a Gripping Story Line

A great continuation in the Vengeful Realm world.
The multi povs are weaved beautiful throughout the chaos that is enveloping the land. Every chapter leaves you on the edge of your seat as you are left worrying about who is alive, injured or dead...
The characters are written in a way that makes them easy to connect to, and by the end of the book all I want to do is give them big hugs, because after what they have all gone through they deserve it. (Well most of them, there are two in particular who deserve a good slap in the face)

Thankfully book 3 is already out, and I wont have to wait to find out what happens next!

Epic Fantasy + the Human Condition

After being left on that riveting cliff hanger from book 1, I was so excited to begin book 2. I started reading it and then went back and forth with it on audible because every moment I could be in the story I HAD to be (driving could not be a reason to not read)! Facciola is a great story teller hands down. He is descriptive yet keeps the scenes moving quickly. He writes dialogue that allows you to easily see the scenes in your mind. The emotions Facciola was able to get me to feel was unlike other stories—twice I cried, twice I stopped dead in my tracks to rewind and listen again because of the tension he created in the chapters. What I love most is the relationships with the characters and how everything continues to unfold. Just like in book 1, everyone has good intentions, but they conflict with one another and to go on this journey to see what happens has helped me to shift some perspective into my own life in regards to “how did I get here.” This story is a true epic fantasy given the plot, duration and characters, the way Facciola has the characters develop feels like being in an intense therapy session—I write that in the best way possible—you’re never bored, you’re on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen next, and when stuff goes south Facciola’s reasoning is one that somehow gets you to feel all of the feels. Make sure to read this trilogy if you love epic fantasy and want to explore the human condition!

Even better than the first book!

Even better than the first book! The shift more into fantasy and the world of the gods is awesome!

Epic book 2 of the trilogy

Book 2 of AVR does not disappoint! The world, lore, and magic system greatly expands in this second entry, leaving you wanting more. Excited for The Age of the End!

I love the characters!

The Breaker of Chains connected me more to characters I loved in The Scales of Balance and I some characters I didn’t think I ‘liked’ grew on me so much in this second book. This book provides answers but leaves so much more to find out. I read the first half of this book in physical form and then listened to the audio book for the second half. The narration is great - I’d absolutely recommend the audiobook even if you’ve read the physical or ebook. I’m anxiously awaiting the next book. If you haven’t read The Scales of Balance, you’ll definitely want to do that first before jumping in to The Breaker of Chains.