The Weirkey Chronicles Omnibus

Books 1-3

By: Sarah Lin

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

Length: 25 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The first three books of The Weirkey Chronicles are combined in this new edition, which includes two never-before-released short stories, new appendices, and complete soulhome diagrams.

Betrayed. Murdered. Reborn. One last chance, to make it right. Theo's adventure ended with his mentor's hands around his neck. The betrayal cost him his friends, allies, and everything he had built...but not his life. Though broken and powerless, Theo has one last chance to enter the Nine Worlds, wielding the knowledge and expertise of his first life. This time, he needs more than just power, he needs to unravel the deception that killed him once...and is coming for him again.

This edition includes:

• The complete books Soulhome, Rainhorn, and Archcrafter.
• Two new short stories: One Day at the Gate Between Worlds and Lessons of a Gate Merchant.

©2020, 2021, 2022 Sarah Lin (P)2024 Sarah Lin

Getting good

the first and second book were a little slow. the third book steadily got better as I got further into the story.

As always, Travis Baldree did an incredible job.

Good series

Overall good series and worth listening to! Good characters and plot. Would like to continue listening to series.

character development

character development was nice. friendships developed and made stronger surpassing with the own character thought was possible.

The miss direction

All the main characters had their own part in the storyline and the intriguing background info of the charters.

Delightful book

Enjoyed this book and the novel magic system in it. Travis Baldtree's performance was excellent. looking forward to the rest of the books in the series!

Amazing

It was a great story perfectly performed Enjoyed every minute listening to it. Keep up the amazing work.

loved it

this story was awesome can't wait for more this story started out amazing and finished even stronger

Started great, but I just don't like the protagonist, cynical.

I wanted to like this series, and I liked one and three better than two. I like the system, but it doesn't really seem a central thing, which is going to sound weird because they spend quite a bit of time talking about it, and working on it. maybe it's how much progress the protagonist makes or doesn't make? All in all, I think it comes back to my dislike for the protagonist so maybe that's just it.

A good one

Overall, this series is like a mashup of D.Gray-man and Cradle - the prologue is just like a major scene from the former, and much of the plot and characters are like the latter. But I like it, and want to read more of it.

The story seems to me to be a bit rough around the edges, with some things appearing tropey without depth behind them. For example, a character wants to use gravity magic to crush enemies and fly. It comes across as something only they can do because of their knowledge of science. But we know from science that gravity is one of the weakest forces in nature, so it breaks immersion for me when it ends up being really powerful for that character. And the challenges that the main character faces feel kindof arbitrary. And the hook at the end of each book comes across like a money grab rather than a necessary part of the story. And the author writes many times that someone is soulcrafting, but since soulcrafting is different from meditation or practicing a technique or kata, it feels wrong to just say “they’re soulcrafting” and leave it at that. Like, if someone is a potter in real life, would you just say “they’re crafting” over and over? It seems to me like it needs more context, or fewer mentions.

Speaking of things being arbitrary, why did the characters at the end of the first book join the main character in the second book? And how did they end up where they were? I felt like I missed a mini-story that filled in the gap.

On the other hand, I love a good story where characters get stronger or more skilled, and I think this is one. I like the main characters’ motivations and choices. And the characters and plot are engaging. The scene where the main character tells more advanced soul crafters to smash a fish demon and they listen because he knows what he’s talking about is great.

I think it’s a bit of a plot hole that a self-admitted misanthrope is also a charismatic negotiator, but I don’t mind letting it slide for the story.

great story

interesting worlds, good characters, nice plots, well done action… and no garbage.
i look forward to more from Sarah and the series