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  • The Last Mortal Bond

  • Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Book 3
  • By: Brian Staveley
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 29 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (415 ratings)

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The Last Mortal Bond

By: Brian Staveley
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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The trilogy that began with The Emperor's Blades and continued in The Providence of Fire reaches its epic conclusion as war engulfs the Annurian Empire in Brian Staveley's The Last Mortal Bond

The ancient csestriim are back to finish their purge of humanity; armies march against the capital; leaches, solitary beings who draw power from the natural world to fuel their extraordinary abilities, maneuver on all sides to affect the outcome of the war; and capricious gods walk the earth in human guise with agendas of their own.

But the three imperial siblings at the heart of it all - Valyn, Adare, and Kaden - come to understand that even if they survive the holocaust unleashed on their world, there may be no reconciling their conflicting visions of the future.

©2016 Brian Staveley (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Get the first book and leave it at that.

I truly enjoyed the first book - gave it a full 5 stars across the board. While it was slow to get moving and at times inconsistent regarding motives, it rolled along at a steady pace - peppered by action and dialogue, mystery and dark humour.

When you get into book two that stops almost completely. The writer chooses to bog the plot down in interminable minor issues. Ones that largely lack real passion and dehumanise the characters, and transform the previously decisive "good guys", into two dimensional indecisive pawns, whom as a reader you'd deride - if you could only bring yourself to care about them enough to do so.

At the same time (as if this wasn't enough), the scope of the book expands - without any need - to include a whole lot of unnecessary overarching complications and motives; further distancing you from the characters and their real needs.

As a side-note: Brian Staveley's need to break into poetic metaphors over unrelated details (often in the middle of an action sequence) becomes more pronounced and exponentially more irritating.

Simon Vance's narration does an admirable job of trying to carry the plot, but you can only guild a turd so far.

Out of sheer stupid hope I slogged my way through the second book hoping that the medication the writer was on would wear off (or kick back in, as may be the case) in time for the third book - but alas, it only gets worse. I gritted my teeth and got through the last book - resisting the temptation to fast-forward - but it was a punishing experience.

It is truly a shame that Brian couldn't carry the sequels forward using the original concepts and assets he created in book one, and instead had to ruin everything after the first book.

Listen to the first book. Enjoy it. Then live with the suspense of what the latter books might have contained - you'll be better off.

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Okay end to a good trilogy

An okay end to a good trilogy - one that will stay with me. This could have been a perfect trilogy but there were some flaws. Little things are revealed early on and some of the more boring plotlines continue on and on. The overall plot just seems to get tied up a bit and I found myself not thinking about it too much because I would get confused. The first book is really strong and fundamentally carries this trilogy.

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Bit of a slog

First book was amazing. Second ok. This was a bit of a slog. Not really anything new introduced or any great twist or revelation - just similar ideas continued through a very long book.

Narration was great.

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just cant listen to it

the first book was pretty good...the second book was ok...this third book is horrendous. save your money and dont bother. Even Simon Vance and his amazing ability to narrate cant save this book. it just drags on and on about nothing .

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nice journey

I enjoyed very much this chronicle. I was amazed by Brians ideas and imagination. Simons narration was rich and broad. I love books in the spoken format. A perfect accompany for almost all daily activities.

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Great story to round out the series

Apart from the ending feeling a little rushed and predictable. This is a great final in the trilogy.

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100% recomend this series

Really enjoyed this series. It had me on the edge of my seat, wondering how it would turn out!

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Few pacing issues but good story

Posts were a bit slow, followed by a rush at the end. It felt like the author might have struggled on how to bring about the conclusion, or was under pressure to meet a deadline. which is a shame. But despite that a great read and glad I stick with it.

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terrific

I thoroughly enjoyed this installment of the mistborn series. I wish there was more books

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Great finish to the series

It was a great book to finish the series on. I hope there is another trilogy to come

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