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Another great piece of the puzzle

Revisado: 10-21-21

Another solid book, eager to learn more about this world!

Jacob Cooper, and Michael Kramer are a solid combo!

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outstanding!

Revisado: 05-29-21

I was ready for the sequel before I finished the first, absolutely fantastic!

The narration was extremely enjoyable and the story was nuanced, and skillfully written

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Unlike anything else in a good way

Revisado: 03-25-18

Memorable, unique, captivating, buying book 2 immediately. Great narration too.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to a friend.

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Starts off strong, then meanders

Revisado: 06-07-17

The story starts off strong, then meanders, then loses all focus.

Michael Kramer is top notch as always, idk what the other reviewer meant, but Michael is one of the finest narrators of our time

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Solid Timothy Zahn

Revisado: 04-21-17

Good story as usual from Timothy Zahn, along with solid narration from Marc Thompson.

Unfortunately the book is briefly crippled in a few spots by whoever decided to make some of the aliens sounds as annoying as possible.

I would not have been surprised to find my ears bleeding after those parts, whoever did that, please take note, and do not let this happen again.

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Good, but too short

Revisado: 04-11-17

I suppose that's the mark of a good writer.

He left me wanting more.

hilarious dialogue from Kiva.

solid characters

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solid story with good pacing

Revisado: 04-05-17

solid story with good pacing, a bit short and dont expect a whole lot of depth though.

also contains some very detailed sex scenes so be warned

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A great fun ride through the wild

Revisado: 03-30-17

The pacing in this book is pretty great, doesn't really drag at any point.

The ability for its main characters to survive anything is a bit of a stretch, but enjoyable nonetheless.

There are several laugh out loud moments, and the narration is excellent.

you wont find a lot of depth or weight in most of the story, but as long as you don't expect that, I think you will enjoy this book.

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Unique story and great narration, need less stats

Revisado: 03-13-17

Nick Podehl is excellent as always.

the story is unique, and I am eager for book 2

my only request for the author would be to reduce or eliminate the full stats sections from the audiobook version.

this is something you could skim over in reading, but you don't have that option when listening.

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Promising book held back by stagnation

Revisado: 10-21-16

If you could sum up Reign of Madness in three words, what would they be?

Wasted opportunity

Would you recommend Reign of Madness to your friends? Why or why not?

No

What does Nick Podehl bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Nick Podehl is superb as always

Any additional comments?

*Minor spoilers follow*

In the first book I enjoyed the 1st half, and hated the second.

In this book I hated the 1st half, and liked the 2nd half better.

Unfortunately the author spent so much time on seemingly filler content that did nothing but annoy me as a reader, and did not do much to progress the plot/story.

It saddens me that the majority of the female characters are basically portrayed as shallow, hot headed, and dim witted. there are many many situations where the same reactions are given by the female characters despite having chances to learn, and grow out of these reactions.

The main character is essentially written as an all powerful badass, which is cool don't get me wrong, but the biggest perceived event of this book turns out to be a total letdown as it basically doesn't take place (the kings tournament) and I never once even for a moment was led to believe that he was in any danger whatsoever.

In fact the main character does not have a problem with any single situation presented in this book.

There are people chasing him. no problem he is a master of stealth.
There are people dueling him. no problem he is a master duelist.
There are people poisoned. no problem he is a master healer.
There are powerful mages. surely since we are repeatedly beaten over the head with the fact that the main character is not a mage, and possesses no mage ability's he will have trouble if a mage decides to attack him. unfortunately wrong again. their spells literally have no effect on him whatsoever.

In addition many of the things that made the 1st half of the 1st book enjoyable were the main characters awkward notions of normal social interactions, such as having friends.
This book gets rid of any similar humor stemming from such encounters.

I am not saying this book is terrible, I have listened to many that are worse, and the narration by Nick Podehl is fantastic as always.

If you listened to the 1st book and enjoyed it, just be wary of this one as the plot is very slow to progress, and there is only a small amount of actual action in this book. humor is also greatly negated, and we are not given any of the humorous incidents or mental thoughts of the 1st book.

To the author if you read this, I am by no means insulting you or your book, these are just my honest thoughts on what I didn't like about this book, and I offer this review as constructive criticism, please accept it for what it is, and do not be discouraged.

I hope that you will take some of this into account while you are writing the third book.

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