Showing posts with label magical creatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magical creatures. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Divine Dungeon Series, Book 5 Dungeon Eternium / Dakota Krout / 344 pages

The narrator for the Audio book version changed between the first four books and this last book, it is unbelievably distracting because the voices for each character are drastically different than the last books.  The Epic conclusion of the Divine Dungeon Series. The world watches the sky with trepidation. Xenocide's insanity knows no bounds, and all will soon suffer the effects he had planned. For a millennium Xenocide has manipulated the necromancers, the guild and kingdoms to get them to all war against each other and so that he could get their energy to power the massive ritual he wanted to do. And though none know what is to come, they all know it isn’t going to be easy to survive. The Master (of the Necromancers) has a plan, one that can give the world at large a way to escape the oncoming desolation. It may be on the bleeding edge of morality and what he needs might prove too difficult to secure, but The Master asks for trust, which might be difficult to get with the things he has been manipulated by Xenocide to do.  Cal and Dale both have their role to play as the world hurtles toward destruction. One needs to bring the races of the world together while the other simply needs to survive. Surrounded by supposed allies, the duo will do all that they can to succeed—but with every new arrival comes rising tensions and faltering trust. Narrated by Luke Daniels 10h 7min.

Divine Dungeon Series, Book 4 Dungeon Desolation / Dakota Krout / 401 pages

Cal finally gets Dani back and even resurrects Dale, Again. But the necromantic armies are on the warpath and nowhere is safe. Even the presumed sanctuary of Cal’s now floating dungeon is threatened! The leadership of nearly all the sentient monarchies has been wiped out, and only the races most suited to repelling the advancing darkness have an intact chain of command. Cal learns quickly that the most pressing threat is not the far-off war, but is instead those entrusted with the general population's protection. As it turns out, the idea of having a flying dungeon for your people is very tempting indeed.  Dale has been facing his own trials and tribulations better than anyone else could have hoped for, but when the war takes a turn for the worse, his duties are forcibly assumed by another. Since his only chance at survival is painful and rigorous advancement, Dale must learn if his strength of will can develop into strength alone. If not, the world itself may be at risk. Narrated by Vikas Adam 11h 56min.

Divine Dungeon Series, Book 3 Dungeon Calamity / Dakota Krout / 431 pages

Powerful necromancers are on the move, and if there’s one thing Cal hates most it’s necromancers and Cal is caught in the crossfire. Then the Necromancers take his partner and without his faithful Wisp, Dani, Cal's mind slips into madness and he begins creating traps and monsters that go against his already loose morals, his dungeon falls into disrepair. After a direct threat from an unexpected force causes Cal's mind to stabilize, he throws all of his resources into keeping his thoughts clear and busy, becoming stronger so that he and his won’t ever be hurt again, while he funds searches for his lost companion. When others fail him again and again, Cal decides to take matters into his own hands. Deadly occurrences remind Dale that no matter how well he does in his small community, he is still considered a weakling in the greater world. Though he continues his physical and mental training, he decides to gain strength by any means necessary, as he tries to find Dani for Cal before Cal slips back into madness, even if these decisions are killing him. Narrated by Vikas Adam 13h 13min.

Divine Dungeon Series, Book 2 Dungeon Madness / Dakota Krout / 424 pages

Dungeon Core Cal saved both the town the resides near him and Dale, although Dale doesn’t seem grateful to him about it. Both Cal and Dale have become stronger, each in spite of the other. The dungeon-Cal-knows exactly how much their strength has increased, and is working hard to become exponentially more powerful. His schemes are becoming more complex, and his dungeon (body) more deadly. Dale has a nasty surprise waiting for him as he works to thwart the plans of the devious dungeon. Hearing a voice (Cal) in his head that distracts him at critical moments, he must fight his mind as he battles deadly creatures. Unbeknownst to both, they are in for the fight of their lives as madness threatens the land. Narrated by Vikas Adam 12h 1min.

Divine Dungeon Series, Book 1 Dungeon Born / Dakota Krout / pages

For eons, conquering dungeons has been the most efficient way to become a strong adventurer. Although, not everything is as straightforward as it seems. Several questions have always plagued the minds of those that enter these mythical places of power: Why are there so many monsters? Where do the amazing weaponry and heavy gold coins come from? Why does the very air fill with life-giving energies?! Cal has all of the answers to these age-old questions, for a very simple reason. He is a Dungeon Core, a human soul forced against his will into a magical stone after Necromancers sacrifice him.  After several lonely years, Cal was able to regain sentience, allowing him to form new memories while slowly growing a dungeon around himself. With help from a friend, Dani a willow-the-wisp Cal learns how to create monsters and traps, increasing his power and size quickly. But when a threat to his existence rears its head, Cal decides that he will do anything to stay alive and become stronger. Unfortunately for treasure-seekers and adventurers, the fastest way for Cal to achieve his goal . . . is to eat anyone that enters his depths. Dale was a sheepherder when he stumbled on the dungeon in the mountains, and he knows how valuable the land on which it sits will be.  Before anyone finds out about it he buys the land rights to the entire mountain and then submits the new dungeon location to the guild. His trials to becoming stronger and richer have only just begun if only he can survive the dungeon that seems to be trying to kill him. Narrated by Vikas Adam 12h 33min.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Nightshade Paranormal Cozy Series, Book 1 Witch You Were Here / Lori Woods / 196 pages

Late one night Suzy Maycomber hears a strange noise in her house and goes to investigate it only to find a man trying to steal her grandmother’s old silver drinking cup, when she goes to hit him with an old broom the man disappears through the wall.  Thinking she imagined it or is going crazy she goes back to bed. The next day on a routine trip to the vet she hears a voice crying for help and Suzy Maycomber and her cat, Snowball, take a shortcut through the cemetery only to find themselves in the mystical land of Nightshade, where magic exists and cats talk, and her broom is magical.  Only the librarian, Rachel, the most powerful witch in Nightshade, can help Suzy get home, only problem, Rachel's just been murdered. Desperate to find her way home, Suzy reluctantly agrees to take Rachel's place as Nightshade's resident witch and librarian where she'll have access to the spell books that might hold the answers she needs. But her search for the truth draws Suzy ever deeper into danger. There is someone-or something-in Nightshade that doesn't want Suzy to get home. Rachel's murderer is prepared to kill again-and Suzy may be next. If Suzy wants to get home, she'll have to learn to be a witch first. Narrated by Rebecca Mitchell 5h 49min.