Shadowblade

Spellmonger: Legacy and Secrets, Book 3

De: Terry Mancour, Emily Burch Harris

Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham

A heroic young thief and her family fight against the darkness that threatens the entire land in the riveting final volume of this fantasy adventure saga.

An increasingly talented and skilled shadowthief, Gatina of House Furtius—known in more rebellious circles as the Kitten of Night—continues her covert work in the ongoing struggle against the vile usurper Count Vichetral. Vichetral's dominion over the duchy of Alshar has grown ever darker, with slavery now legal and vicious gangs brutally enforcing his will.

Their enemies infiltrating even the Shadow Council in the hunt for Gatina and her family, Gatina's father decides to meet with the mighty Sea Lords and discover if any are willing to join the effort to take down Vichetral. The voyage also offers Gatina a chance to learn about her distant relatives, who wield their power amidst the waves, and to enhance her facility with her very own, newly forged shadowblade.

But danger can follow across water as well as land. And Gatina soon finds herself in a desperate battle from which the winner will sail away as the vanquished sinks into the briny deep . . . forever.

The Spellmonger: Legacy and Secrets trilogy introduces a younger Gatina, the Kitten of Night, as she comes into her own as a shadowmage.

©2024 Terry Mancour, Emily Burch Harris (P)2024 Podium Audio

Gatina's Back!

It is too early to give away much of this story, but for those of us who love Spellmonger books, this one is well worth listening to, or reading, or both. It is YA, but fills in Gatina's back story up until a month or so before she meets Rondal at the Shrine of the Eight Bells. In addition, there are several passages that add to her mystique, and those are worth knowing as well. She is a complex character, and readers will come away with an understanding of how she came by her complexity. I am a very pleased reader and listener.

realized it was a tack on (back ground story) after I bought it.

I understand it's a book based on the female mc. Yet I associate this series with john lee's voice. Not a fan of the narrators voice or pronunciations.

Excellent

Hopefully a book 4. Enjoy these characters and the story that is part of the bigger story. The sailing stuff was great.

The sneakiest girl in the world!

I just love all of these books, this is another installment that does not disappoint! I don’t know how they do it, but this team of authors keeps churning out gems. I am so glad I found the Spellmonger series and this an excellent spin off. Filled with adventure, humor, lore, and all the magic to charm us fantasy lovers into wanting more and more. I love learning more about Katina’s journey and there are some very interesting tidbits here that flow so naturally with the other books in this realm. Loved it and highly recommend! Every book in the spellmonger series is a must for a fantasy reader.

great storytelling as always

great world and character building per usual. I've come to expect nothing less from this series

A SOLID ending to this backstory of Gatina!

I’ve waited to write reviews for the other books in this mini series until I finished this one. Like many other reviewers, I’ve been in love with the story but not so much with the pronunciation of key words from the narrator. Book 1 had the worst pronunciations, she corrected a little bit in Book 2, finally by Book 3 she was saying mageocracy correct!! (I cringed every time in the earlier books). So, if you have sludged through the first 2 with hope, it’s much better in the 3rd. Not perfect for everything, but we can’t all achieve perfection. She also got much better with clear character voices in books 2 & 3. Not all narrators or producers will pay attention to reviews or care to improve. You can tell that is not the case here as the Spellmonger Legacy is so great and so huge.

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Now for the story - Terry and Emily did another great job moving the story along with nice timing and flow. I absolutely love getting these tidbits of Gatina’s past and how her training made her the badass Kitten of the Night. They don’t have her do something and automatically be perfect, she has to actually work at it to improve and that’s admirable. I’ve loved all 3 installments to the side series/back story of the Cats of Enultramar. I would love to hear a little more about her parents story as that sounds just as interesting. However, the sideline of this and how it matches with what the Spellmonger is doing is fascinating. My only wish was that we could’ve had Gatina’s perspective at the end when she does finally meet Rondall at the Temple.

Five Plus Stars all the way again for a Spellmonger story!!!

great conclusion to the trilogy

great book, now I want to go back and reread the books where we first meet the characters to see how the books meet up. performance was better this book. much of the pronunciation was corrected about 50% of the way through. Not sure why the mis book change but really relieved.

Great read

This was a great escape. Perfect quick read and brings the whole story together. Looking forward to the next book.

Adventurous

The story kept moving keeping your interest. Very riveting. Will read again like I have all these in the series.

Fulfilling.

Excellent background story to The Spell Monger Series! Better defining of the beautiful characters of the main storyline.