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The Death of Promises

The Half-Orcs, Book 3

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The Death of Promises

By: David Dalglish
Narrated by: C.J. McAllister
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Fantasy author David Dalglish continues his series of the half-orc brothers, whose struggles have released demon fire across the land of Dezrel.

After a bloody conflict with his brother, Qurrah Tun flees west with his lover, the strange and powerful Tessanna.

He seeks a powerful tome known as Darakken's spellbook, guarded by paladins and priests of light. Qurrah hopes to cure Tessanna's madness, but his newly returned master, Velixar, has far greater plans for the tome.

Only Harruq Tun and his friends can stand against the darkness his brother has unleashed. Velixar wants the throne and the secret that it hides, and to do so he will lay siege to the great city of Veldaren.

The gods' final war has begun, and the blood is on Harruq's hands.

©2010- David Dalglish (P)2016 David Dalglish Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Emotionally Gripping

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Where does The Death of Promises rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Overall pretty good.
good story line and good cast of characters

What did you like best about this story?

the battles and Qurrah and Tessanna travels to the sanctuary

Which scene did you most enjoy?

defeat of orc hordes

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

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Any additional comments?

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GOOD ACTION PACKED STORY

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I really enjoyed this story the action was intense and well written. The characters are likeable with the narrator making each one distinctive making it easy to not get them confused.

even though I received this copy to provide a non-biased review I can honestly say that I will be buying the previous two of the series and following the series through to the end.

great action packed adventure

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Book 3 Does not disappoint, the serise just gets better. not much to other than. I would 100% recommend this to anyone,
5 STAR easily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

brilliant.

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Initially I found this episode to be a little slower to get into than the previous one as the focus was on characters that didn't interest me as much as some of the other main characters.

However, the rapid rate of progress on the overall story-line soon hooked me as the author ramped things up quite nicely, even if he did feel the need to add in one shocking moment that was nowhere near as effective as similar incidents in the previous book.

The narrator continues to produce strong performances in this series, getting across distinct voices and personalities of each character very well to enhance my overall impression of the book.


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

Epic story continues in dramatic fashion

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Right away the first thing you notice is the quality of both the writing and narration. Both are brilliant, the well written deep characters with their own emotions and goals are greatly enhanced by masterful voice acting will keep you listing and invested in what happens to the characters. In addition to that, the battles are fast paced, detailed and tense. It is not common for you to get both well-written characters and battle this good together.

As with the others in this series, It is clearly in a Dungeons and Dragons type setting with swords, magic, gods, apparent character classes. If you know what a D20 is and like audiobooks give this one a go.

The characters are extremely well done and this series of books is one of the best out there. Each character has their own unique voice that truly fits them perfectly. It truly has emotional weight pulling not punches, horrible things happen and it is not OK nor should it be and each character reacts to these things in their own way. It feels like the characters are not slaves to the plot it is their actions, their decisions that move the story forward.

To truly appreciate this book you have to have listened to the previous ones in the series, it will add a lot to the characters development and emotions but I will stand on its own as an interesting book. The characters journey and development all the way from the first book has been believable and some of the best examples of character development in fiction I have encountered.

Yet again both C.J. McAllister the narrator and David Dalglish the author have done amazing work, I can not wait to listen to the next book in this series.

I would highly recommend listening to this book but listen to the first two first for maximum enjoyment.
5/5 one of the best books I have listened to this year.



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

A great continuation of an epic story

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This tale of two brothers seeking their place in the world which has rejected them their whole lives, takes a massive change in scale in this, the third book in the series. Gone are the minor skirmishes and grievances; we now have an actual full scale battle as Qurrah tries to help his dark master to take the kingdom and unleash demons on the world.
I'll be honest, I think I had settled into a relationship with the narrator where I would zone out for a time and come back in later. In the earlier books this was not a problem, but in this one there are so many characters introduced that it meant I couldn't work out who was who and which side they were on. Obviously this is on me, and not something to hold against the book.

Massive change in scope and pace

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