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Ascendant's Rite
Written by David Hair
Narrated by Nick Podehl
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
The last few months of the moontide—when the bridge connecting East and West rises above the sea—has come, and in the West Emperor Constant prepares the final phase of his plan to conquer the East.
For failed mage Alaron and his companion Ramita—widow to the mage who built the Leviathan Bridge—the unthinkable has happened. They have lost the Scytale of Corineus, the key to the Rite of Ascendancy, as well as one of Ramita's infant sons, to the hands of their deadliest enemies.
In Javon, Cera Nesti, the imprisoned queen, has been freed, and plots to take on the overwhelming might of the Rondian Empire. But standing between her and her goal is a band of deadly mercenaries playing a dangerous game of their own.
And in the East, Seth Korion's Lost Legions must navigate treacherous roads to gain safety, bearing secrets that could bring down the Emperor.
The time has come for the Rite of Ascendancy to be performed. New powers must rise to save or damn Urte, and on the mighty Leviathan Bridge itself, all will be decided.
Author
David Hair
David Hair is an award-winning New Zealand YA and Adult fantasy writer, and the author of sixteen novels. Cath Mayo is a New Zealand YA, Children and Adult fiction author. Her two published YA historical novels are both set in Ancient Greece, and her first novel received a Storylines Notable Book Award for Young Adult Fiction in 2014. They’ve joined their considerable skill and expertise to create the Olympus Series, an adult historical fantasy drawing on ancient Greek Mythology, following the adventures of Odysseus as he navigates the dangerous world of the Greek Gods.
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Reviews for Ascendant's Rite
Rating: 4.739837381300814 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
123 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The final book blew me away. The entire series was easy to listen to, and the narration was excellent. Certainly doing a re read in the future.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yet again, another amazing walk in a new world .
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fabulous book and characters. I hope there is more to come.....
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Complex and wonderfully integrated. Imaginative and exciting highly recommended ?