Ruin

By: John Gwynne

Narrated by: Damian Lynch

The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos.

The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the Kadoshim, dread demons of the Otherworld. They plan to bring Asroth and his host of the Fallen into the world of flesh, but to do so they need the seven treasures. Nathair has been deceived but now he knows the truth. He has choices to make, choices that will determine the fate of the Banished Lands.

Elsewhere the flame of resistance is growing -- Queen Edana finds allies in the swamps of Ardan. Maquin is loose in Tenebral, hunted by Lykos and his corsairs. Here he will witness the birth of a rebellion in Nathair's own realm.
Corban has been swept along by the tide of war. He has suffered, lost loved ones, sought only safety from the darkness. But he will run no more. He has seen the face of evil and he has set his will to fight it. The question is, how?

With a disparate band gathered about him -- his family, friends, giants, fanatical warriors, an angel and a talking crow he begins the journey to Drassil, the fabled fortress hidden deep in the heart of Forn Forest. For in Drassil lies the spear of Skald, one of the seven treasures, and here it is prophesied that the Bright Star will stand against the Black Sun.

Good Story

great world building good dialog and narration I enjoyed it. Each book in the series has gotten better looking forward to wrath.

Great series..

John Gwyne is a talent. This third installment continues on with excellence of his prior works.

Great Story Inconsistent Performance

In book one I was distracted by the narrator's tonal and emotional match to the content.
He has so much potential, I was hoping maybe book 2 would be better, and it was.
The story was good, and if Damian Lynch performed better for book 2, I would continue the audiobook rather than reading the series myself. I was thankfully impressed and the narration for book two was a huge improvement, which made me look forward to the next one.
For Ruin (book 3) it seemed that Damian Lynch spent half the book in what I will call "book 1 mode" and the other in awesome "book 2 mode".
In for a penny in for a pound they say, so I will finish the series in audiobook. Overall there are plenty of worse narrators out there who make listening to an audiobook impossible, I hope that Mr Lynch continues to improve, and take on other projects in this genre.

Great story, but too long

This is book 3 of an epic. The story is very good, with more unexpected turn of events that seem to drag the story on. A three book epic would have been good, as each is very long. Pushing it to a fourth book makes it tiring.

Amazing

A thrilling and fantastic ride from beginning to end. I can't wait to start the last book!