Inherit the Flame [Dramatized Adaptation]

The Scorched Continent, Book 3

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

Narrated by: full cast, Terence Aselford, Alyssa Wilmoth, Chris Genebach, David Jourdan, Nora Achrati, Lily Beacon, Nanette Savard, Chris Stinson, Ren Kasey, Colleen Delany, Kimberly Gilbert

Detan Honding is determined to survive this war, even when caught between not one but two besieging armies! After rescuing the renowned engineer Nouli from the clutches of the empire, the valiant rogue has returned to his aunt’s city - to find it under siege by Thratia’s army. With Nouli’s help, they manage to turn back the tide, at least until imperial forces descend, prepared to hammer the Thratian force against the anvil of the city’s walls. Worse yet, the imperial advance is aided by an elite force of dark magicians.

His aunt is forced to forge an uneasy alliance with Thratia to keep the city from falling back under imperial control - but Detan’s wary. While Thratia and his aunt bring their forces to bear against the new threat, Detan puts his own plans into motion - to ensure that when the final blow is dealt, Thratia and her army will find themselves on the other side of the city’s walls.

Performed by Terence Aselford, Alyssa Wilmoth, Chris Genebach, David Jourdan, Nora Achrati, Lily Beacon, Nanette Savard, Chris Stinson, Ren Kasey, Colleen Delany, Kimberly Gilbert, Lolita Horne, Christopher Walker, Todd Scofield, Lynette Rathnam, Laura C Harris, Tracy Olivera, Yasmin Tuazon, Richard Rohan, Scott McCormick, Deidra Starnes, Bradley Smith, Matthew Keenan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Amanda Forstrom, Michael John Casey, Nick DePinto, Dani Stoller, Paul Reisman, Ken Jackson.

©2017 Megan E. O'Keefe (P)2018 Graphic Audio, LLC

All soapboxing and nonsense twists

Ugh, this was a disappointing end. There’s a lot of blah, blah speeches on freedom and governance. There’s a lot of nonsense, outta nowhere twists (like Detan getting engaged and having (off screen) sex, which was super befuddling- or Tibble’s surprise backstory, which was random). There’s plots developed over the series that went nowhere (the whole mission to free Nouli, who did what exactly in this book?). There’s plots that got forgotten and then hurriedly wrapped up. And then there’s the magic system, which in the end seemed built just to provide a too cute, simplistic, and implausible path to victory.

Ultimately, I loved the concepts and was underwhelmed by the execution. I will likely only re-listen to book 1.