Throne of Lies

Epic Steampunk Fantasy (Chronicles of Cain, Book 3)

By: John Corwin

Narrated by: Austin Rising

Welcome to the multiverse.

Hannah returns to Cthulhu in a week, and there's nothing Cain can do to stop it. Though he still has Soultaker, Hannah won't let him trade it for her freedom. The sword can summon an army of the dead, and Cthulhu wouldn't hesitate to use it.

It turns out Soultaker wasn't the only thing from the armory to survive. A mysterious cube was stolen by the mechanists. When Cain tries to retrieve it, he and Hannah end up in a parallel world where the mechanists reached the armory first and plundered it.

Using apocalypse weapons, the mechanists destroyed most of the coastal cities with tsunamis and have ground others to dust. To avoid destroying the world altogether, they're fighting a conventional war with airships and a small army of demigods. And if that's not formidable enough, they're also allied with Cthulhu.

Cain discovers the only way back to his dimension is by finding a device called the Tetron. To do that, he'll have to infiltrate the mechanists and steal it from them. But then, he discovers a nasty twist - the mechanists of this dimension plan to use the Tetron to invade other parallel dimensions. Cain's dimension is considered the original-Prime. And the mechanists have their sights set on it.

If Cain can't save this dimension, then his will also be doomed, and Cthulhu will ascend to true godhood.

©2020 John Corwin (P)2020 John Corwin

Very enjoyable

This book was an enjoyable storyline. Some good hints and other cookie crumbs in it and expansion of the characters back stories.

want next book now

I loved it. Can't wait for the next in the series. Narrator does excellent job

love it!

once again I am sucked into an amazing series! I feel like I am right there! Austin is such an amazing narrator. each character has their own voice. great job!

Multiverse?

Rank C
Personal Tags: Urban Fantasy, FR, PR, GP, Fae, Steampunk, Cthulu MultiVerse?
I appear to be trapped in the series. This was a 3-star read for me. I still had fun with it, but this one didn’t quite hit the same highs as the earlier books. I did really like that Cain finally gets to recognize the positive impact he’s had on his dimension, which added some much-needed emotional weight. Those quieter moments of self-awareness were easily the strongest parts of the book for me. That said, the story felt a bit thinner overall, and I found myself wishing the main team had another male cast member to help balance out the group dynamics and freshen things up. Sometimes i cant tell if the author is a middle-aged man or a teenage girl when it comes to some of the dialogue, though. The plot moves along well enough, and the plot has pushed the series forward in a meaningful way, but it went kind of nonconsequential. It’s not a bad entry by any means, just a more middling one that feels like a setup rather than a payoff. I’ll keep reading, but I’m hoping the next book brings back more momentum and depth.

loved this one!!

the stories have been pretty good, but thus one went out of the park! loved it!