Fantastic story telling

I thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy, the story telling was amazing.
The way that Graham Hancock managed to perfectly blend history with fiction was absolutely awesome.
I got so attached to so many of the characters that I felt sad when I finished the third book.
These three books gave me a lot of knowledge about the history of that epoch in a way that I wouldn't have been able to just by reading into history books.
I also found myself googling a lot of the information and characters of the story, great stuff.
Thank you Graham for writing and publishing this trilogy and specially publishing it on Audible.
I must also applaud Barnaby Edwards for narrating this story so well, only a true professional can successfully perform so many different characters.
I most definitely recommend this trilogy.

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Another fantastic book from Mr Hancock.

Will there be another episode? I hope so. Very well read by Barnaby Edwards, it was a pleasure to listen to.

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Fantastically Engaging

Amazing narrative creates a sense of living through these historic events with fleshy characters reincarnated by Graham's unique style. Now, back to the start of book 1, I'm listening again!

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The last war god book, still good

I have listened to the first 2 books in this series and gave a well deserved 5 star rating. I have dropped this to 4 stars on this occasion. It is not the case that Hancock has ran out of steam in his superb story telling. In fact, Hancock, who is better known as a factual writer, demonstrates yet again his incredible ability as a story teller. Had it not been for his interest in researching new theories that challenge historical conventional wisdoms (sometimes with a little welcomed controversy), I suggest that Hancock could have possibly become one of the all time greats in story telling. But I suspect this was a side project to his main quests in life. Barnaby Edwards, as normal, is a very accomplished narrator, to the point that I picked out a couple of other books also narrated by himself. However, Edwards definitely immersed himself in connecting with the characters and storyline, enabling him to vary the intensity of his narration at the appropriate sections in the book. What I was a little disappointed in was that there were clear opportunities towards the end of the book to use the very well developed characters to bring together many different events to incredible conclusions. Alas, whilst the ending had some exciting scenes, I was left with many questions as to why some characters had been so carefully crafted only to have no end that was fitting. Maybe this was deliberate and was meant to encourage your own interpretation or even look into some actual historical research. But to myself, the end of this book should have brought twists and intrigue that makes a reader sad that all 3 books were finally finished. This was not the case and maybe the slightest hint of an anti-climax brought about by several loose ends. There is no indication of a 4th book in the series. Hancock I believe is now 70 and for most of his life has travelled the globe analysing ancient structures and the significance of why these challenge the standard paradigm. His knowledge on many disciplines including archaeology, astronomy, astrology, mathematics that can be applied to monuments such as the pyramids makes him one of the most accomplished minds capable of bringing together scientific disciplines and bridging the insular beliefs of distinct scientific communities. He endure terms such as pseudoscientist which is ironic considering the breadth of knowledge. The world needs people like Hancock to champion the progression of knowledge through open minded research, but also as an intelligent writer who can write such incredible epics that will keep you riveted for hours.

Fantastic

Loved all 3 books in this fantastic trilogy. Would love for Graham to write a fourth as theres still the fall of the Aztec's at Cortes hand. The narration is excellent. I'm left wanting more.

Great end to trilogy of books

Good story, well read. Still some space for a forth book. Would make a cracking film.!!!

poor volume

The rest of the series are excellent. I was looking forward to hearing this one. sadly the recording quality is terrible. really low volume in comparison to the other books in the series. impossible to listen to if the volume is barely audible?

Fantastic blend of history and the supernatural!

Loved every minute of this series. Hope Mr. Hancock continues to with it! Barnaby Edwards gave a flawless performance as ever and is definitely one of the best narrators out there.

epic

this has to be one of the best book sets i have ever read .

Fantastic series

This series is well written and well narrated. Graham Hancock writes about a period of history not usually given much attention. I can only hope there are more books to come