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A Painted Goddess

By: Victor Gischler
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
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When the gods go to war, who will stand against their divine fury?

In the thrilling conclusion to the A Fire Beneath the Skin trilogy, the enchanted kingdom of Helva faces a nightmarish future of endless bloodshed, and Rina Veraiin—a young warrior-duchess armed with mysterious, magical tattoos—must use her fantastic powers to save her home from eternal war.

As her far-flung friends scour Helva for additional tattoos to increase her formidable abilities, Rina reckons with an enigmatic death priest...the one whose contract grants her extraordinary magic but demands an awful price. When her debt comes due, can Rina make the ultimate sacrifice?

Deities clash and allies succumb as Rina strives to fulfill her obligation and confront her strange and shocking destiny. Becoming an ink mage taxed Rina's resources to their very limits; now she must become something else, something more, something awesome and terrible.

If she fails, her world will fall.

©2016 Victor Gischler (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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The ending could have been better

The story line is great but the ending is left up in the Air I don’t know if it is on purpose for a sequel that would make sense but if that is the actual ending it is too open. Otherwise I enjoyed the series.

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Brilliant

Captivating, a rollercoaster ride from start to finish. A excellent finally to the series. A brilliant job by the narrator as expected. I will keep this series as it has become one of my favourites.

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So much waisted potential

the ink mage series was different than other series, and I enjoyed the first book, but the story started to fall apart in subsequent books. This one in particular made me feel frustrated at the wasted potential. It felt like the author attempted too much, too fast resulting in a incoherent ending.

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