String: Grim Tidings

By: Sivam

Narrated by: John Joseph Rogers, Rylee Kuberra

After a short-sighted endeavor, Maxis finds he has become a target of The Brotherhood of Cain—a violent gang led by a man renowned worldwide as The Grim Reaper. Luck appears to be on his side, however, as a girl with her own agenda comes to his aid. Together, they enter a three-way stalemate between the embodiment of death itself, a worldwide organization of religious zealots, and a woman who fancies herself a Goddess.

In a world rampant with superpowers, criminal organizations, and questionable authorities, Maxis will quickly learn that a cruel world will only breed crueler people.

Welcome to String, where everyone is hanging on by a thread.

©2025 Sivam (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Female narrator is a problem

The swaps between the male and female were very jarring. The female narration did a bad job of finding that fine line between conveying an annoying character and being actively abrasive to a listener, especially in head phones.

damn fine story

great story, voice acting was clean and clear, but I couldn't always differentiate between dialogue and inner monologue.

excellent super hero story

top quality writing and narration. lots of interesting characters and wasn't boring at any point

Amazing

This was great and I can’t wait for book 2. The world building is amazing and the premise of how supers came to be is brilliant. The epilogue was a great way to hype up Madhouse.

Really?

okay, I am confused...why does the heroes have to pretend to be villains? They could be heroes without joining the government and do so easily. The story is well written, but I don't really understand the characters motivations, mostly Sam.