Blood of a Fallen God: Can One Man Resurrect a Dead God?

Forgemaster Cycle, Book 1

By: Joshua C. Cook

Narrated by: Eric Bryan Moore

Stealing a shard of a dead god’s blood should have been enough adventure for a lifetime. For William Reis, it was just the beginning.

William has a single goal in his life, to succeed where generations of others have failed, and gain admittance to the Smithing Guild of Palnor. Men and women from the Reach have tried for years, but all have failed. They have failed for a single reason, a commandment from the Church of Amder. No one from the Reach can ever gain entrance to the Guild. A decree that remains unknown all but the Masters of the Guild, and even they don't know why.

Williams’s efforts make him a target and unleashes a violent and insane evil that needs one thing to claim the world, the end of the Reis bloodline. From the heights of the city of Ture, to the depths of the dungeons of the Temple of Amder, William must find a way to survive.

As he faces his own wavering resolve and long held grief, William must vanquish all who oppose him. To release those who have been corrupted, to stop the return of an ancient and sadistic evil, and to heal the world of Alos, William Reis must accept a fate he never wanted.

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Outstanding Fantasy Escape

This was one of the best performances that I have heard in an audiobook. I had NO trouble seperating the characters (a common complaint that usually knocks off 1 star) and I actually enjoyed the tone and pacing.

Now for the story ... this is pretty much a standard fantasy trope executed well. The world building was solid and revealed through character interactions or dialog (I didn't notice any info dumps, so I must assume they were appropriate when they exist). Main characters were well developed and fairly independent of each other with the expected growth for the main protagonist. The story ended well (yes, I am a sucker for good endings) and wrapped upon most of the major plot conflicts in this book, so it can easily stand alone (with the epilogue introducing a possible sequel); that was also well done and is another common complaint I have with current fantasy stories. I highly recommend this story and I am looking forward to the sequel!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Excellent Epic Fantasy

I really enjoyed this book. The narration was wonderful and the story itself was engrossing and detailed. This was my first from this author and I was so pleased with the character development (it progressed as they went along, just like real people) and the story world. There was lots of action and lots of traveling. A true epic fantasy. I'd recommend this for all fans of epic fantasy or sword and sorcery type stories and I can't wait for the next book in the series!

Loved it

I am a huge Epic Fantasy fan and this book did not disappoint. I couldn't stop listening. The narrator was great and I liked that he used different accents to help differentiate between the characters. I definitely recommend it to any Epic Fantasy fan.

Little Dark but outstanding

Excellent book I highly recommend. Like I said it is a little dark but the characters are great and the writing draws you in. Good audio performance also.

Blood of a Fallen God

Fantastic world building and characters. I found things moved a bit slow at the beginning as some of the background was introduced, but before I knew it, I was sucked right in. I enjoyed this story of William following his destiny to become the Forgemaster

Joshua C. Cook has set the stage for what is sure to be an epic series. I hope there is more to come!

This was my first listen performed by Eric Bryan Moore. I was entertained and would not hesitate to listen to more of his work.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.