The Mortal Blade

Magelands Eternal Siege Series, Book 1

By: Christopher Mitchell

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

A city ruled by Gods, a mortal champion, a misfit girl, and a disobedient dragon....

Stolen from his home, Corthie Holdfast has arrived in the City of the Eternal Siege as a new champion.

He must fight alongside the Blades, whose lives are dedicated to the defense of the city against the hordes of monstrous Greenhides; or die at the hands of the Gods who rule.

Maddie Jackdaw, a young Blade, faces her last chance. Thrown out of every unit defending the city, either she takes on a new role, or she will be sent to the Rats, a company of misfits given the perilous tasks beyond the Great Walls.

Her new role, if she takes it, will bring her face to face with her deepest fears, for beneath the walls, in a secret and hidden lair, lies a dragon, imprisoned and waiting....

©2020 Christopher Mitchell (P)2021 Tantor

intriguing

I liked the constant flow of the story and the characters. I mom forward to the next book and having more inclusion of the dragons.

Clean story

Slow development. Lots of characters. Interesting concepts. No spicy romance in this book and minimal swear words.

The ending gets very interesting

The development of the characters and story was quite long and a bit hard to follow. I lost the thread between the main characters and few times. The narration is sometimes like a news cast. The ending got very interesting so I may get the next book in the series to hear more about the dragons and a couple main characters

Undetermined on this...

Seemed hard to keep my attention at times but I finished it. Will see how the second book goes.

Exciting

I liked how there were different stories going on all at the same time. Each character added to the story as a whole. Great read!