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Rise of the Shadow Mage

By: James Haddock
Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski
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When Robert’s mother dies, his whole world caves in on him. Fatherless, he has no one, and nowhere to go. The royal mage shows him kindness by putting him on the royal guard as a “boot” to keep a roof over his head. Robert’s quick wit and willingness to help others serve him well in the guard. He becomes friends with the king’s second son, Randal, who was placed in the guard by the king to teach him discipline. As he ages, he develops mage abilities but keeps them secret.

While on a weekend pass in the city, Robert saves Randal’s life and is rewarded by being made Randal’s liegeman. Robert is moved from the guard to the royal castle and begins specialized training to serve as Randal’s liegeman. Robert sees this as a step up in life and is doing well until he has a run-in with Randal’s brother Raymon, the crown prince.

Prince Raymon is a vindictive bully and tries to blind Robert while sparring. Though Raymon misses, enemies are made. To keep them separated, the king sends Robert to work for the royal spymaster, then on to train as a spy and assassin with the Congee spy guild. Robert returns home after five years of training, where his mage abilities continue to grow, and finds that Raymon has killed his father the king.

Raymon is now the new king. His friend, the royal mage, is in the dungeon, and Prince Randal is being held in the tower awaiting the new king’s pleasure. Robert visits the royal mage in the dungeon to find out what is going on. They decide that the kingdom, and a lot of people, will not survive Raymon’s rule.

©2024 James Haddock (P)2024 James Haddock
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really good

another good book by the author. if you liked any of his other books you'll like this one. kinda hope there will be another book to continue this story but it also has a good ending so if there isn't a second book you aren't left with a big cliffhanger

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Better than most of thi author’s work and greet voice acting by D.W.!

Most of this author’s works are similar in nature and have a pattern to them that’s easy to understand, this book/story was a little different and more enjoyable. When I saw the author released this one to audible and D.W. was telling the story, I bought it immediately and it was pretty excellent!

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Another rerun of his other stories

Time to write something new. This is another rerun of the same story elements from his previous books. Boy from nothing, gets magical powers that grow far beyond all other magicians, easily kills all his enemies and gathers up the spoils and more spoils.
I don’t mind repurposing themes from one series to another but it is time to realize that once the hero grows more powerful than every other character there’s no where to go. James needs to focus on telling a different story and continuing the series with a main character who grows in strengh along side other characters and his adversaries have similar power levels.

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