Panacea

The Ruined Gods, Book 1

By: Alex Robins

Narrated by: Jay Forrester

At the heart of every legend lies a truth.

Twisted and reshaped by the currents of time.

For twenty years, strategos Dexios has led the phalanx of Thena against its enemies, pulled from one battleground to another in a relentless cycle of war and bloodshed. Now, finally, he has found the courage to leave that life behind. To relinquish his officer’s sword and return to the verdant slopes of his vineyard with his wife and son.

Peace, however, is fragile and capricious. When Thena’s northern allies bring word of an enormous tauran horde gathering on their borders, Dexios has no choice but to answer the call to arms one last time.

As humans and tauros collide, another evil wakes. Whispered rumours of a clawed creature that stalks the shadowy streets. Of violent murders committed in the name of deities long thought vanquished. To speak their names is heresy.

They are the Exiled. The Banished.

The Ruined Gods.

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A father's love knows no end

I enjoyed the sudden switch of cast about a quarter way through the book.

It seemed like the story was going in the direction of young soldiers, but then you realize theyare not the protagonists.

I enjoy sudden moments where major shifts in the narrative take place.

I did however find it a bit difficult to follow the story of the Gods and thought it was only convenient that they were hiding in plane sight.

however I will be listening to the next adaption when it arrives to see where this story leads.