Conspiracy

Wahrheit, Book 1

By: AC Cobble

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

The Truth is a weak thing. It has no power. The only power the Truth holds is the power we grant it.

For 600 years, the kingdom of Wahrheit was ruled by an unbroken line. It rose on a wave of technology and magic and stood alone—a bastion of stability built on pillars of economic and military might. The nation and her people thrived due to the strength of soldiers and the protection of dragons.

But the line has ended—the king is dead.

Noble houses vie to carve out their own domains. Foreign armies march across Wahrheit’s soil for the first time in memory. Without leadership, the king’s army watches helplessly. The fae, a source of enchantment and treachery, work unseen to secure their share of Wahrheit’s blood. And far beyond the kingdom’s borders, a growing threat looms—an empire built to right a bitter wrong.

Only a small band of conspirators stand between the kingdom and chaos: Otto Tilly, captain of the king’s Dragon Knights, the steel fist that shields the weak. Gerhard Fisher, a spy and assassin, who owes more than his life to the former king. Ilse Brinke, the quartermaster, the keeper of the kingdom’s secrets and magic. The wizard, an ancient soul who understands the cost of failure. And by fortune’s curse or fortune's favor, two orphans from the growing war must carry the kingdom forward. As has always been, the burden of the future lies across the shoulders of the young.

©2022 AC Cobble (P)2022 AC Cobble

Came for the narrator. stayed for the writing.

I enjoy Travis Baldree's books on audible and will sometimes continue series with less polished writing because his talent can carry the book. I'm going to be checking out A.C Cobbles other books after this. I usually prefer my fantasy magic to be a bit more crunchy and rule oriented so I've stayed away from the authors work in the past but it seems I was mistaken. no wizard/God/magic ability you've never heard of saving the day. I found the person who does not have magic talent being picked for an interesting job a nice brake from the "you're special because you where born a wizard" that haunts a lot of fantasy .everyone acts in a believable way. The English language seems like an obtient pet that wants to impress the author with all the tricks it knows with the way the author can turn a phrase over on its belly. 10 for 10 would recommend.

New series

Lots of character building mixed in with action and storyline plot. Well done good sir.

A Promising Start

Conspiracy is an excellent start to a series with a lot of promise. The reader is immediately thrown into the political chaos of the fictional kingdom of Wahrheit. There are a variety of perspectives, each with their own opinions and views of what is happening. The author is able to balance these in an interesting and fascinating way that allows the reader to experience the feelings of the characters in a variety of ways. The conspiracy of what is happening makes it exciting and interesting to jump from character to character. There were a couple of characters where it felt more like building the sequel rather than adding to the story of the first book.

The strength of this novel were the characters. It is a decent sized cast of characters, each with their own personality and perspective of what is happening. There are several that I really enjoyed reading and looked forward to the chapters where they were the highlight. But as I said, there were a couple where I felt the narrative just took a small turn and lost some of the flow that I was expecting. I look forward to what could be done with this series in future installments from these viewpoints though.

Overall, Conspiracy is a great epic fantasy with a lot of political intrigue. It is a fast paced with some heart pounding action, including dragon knights and gun toting soldiers. I never thought guns and dragons could mix, but this is done in an excellent manner. The story is really brought to life in the audio format by the talented Mr. Travis Baldree. This provides a lot of personality to many of these fascinating characters. Mr. Cobble has provided a solid start to what will be a very interesting series that I look forward to continuing.

Thank you for taking the time to read my review. As always, happy reading and Stay Great!!

Decent fantasy.

This was a good fantasy. Full of action and story. Some characters probably could of been left out. But it was still good anyways. Look forward to the next book.

If You Like The Cartographer Trilogy This Is For You

For the author’s fans who loved The Cartographer Trilogy but struggled to like the King’s Ranger series, this new and exciting work will not disappoint.

Can’t wait for the rest of the series!

Conspiracy sets the stage for what should be a great series. I looked forward to every chapter in Tilly and Fisher’s stories, and can’t wait to see how the young characters grow.

Great story line

I really enjoyed the story I Can not wait to for book two and three

Solid fantasy

Loved the story. Annoyed with the over ignorance and navity from a couple of the mains but overall a good story.

great book!!

this was a great book great performance as always by Travis Huge fan of both the narrator and author would definitely recommend this

Oops

I actually got this book on accident thinking it was a series my friend recommended. Then by the time I realized the mistake I was hooked . I have no complaints . I can’t wait for the next in the series .