Mandate of Heaven

Beneath the Dragoneye Moons, Book 11

By: Selkie Myth

Narrated by: Andrea Emmes

Length: 22 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

Sentinel Dawn has returned.

As Sentinel, Elaine has no end of tasks. From a shakedown run to find a fellow Earther, to Iona's new kitsune [Squire] Nina, to a whole new set of skills and abilities from [Loremaster], Elaine is busy. Her name is starting to be known on the world stage, whether she likes it or not.

Through all that, Elaine is informed that the Sixth Legion is going to be deployed to the Han Empire, to put their thumb on the scale in the great civil war, with each of the factions claiming the Mandate of Heaven has fallen on their shoulders. From the thousands of men and women of the Sixth, engaged in deadly battle, to a low-level and vulnerable [Squire], Elaine has to shield and protect her allies and prevent them from coming to harm. As an Immortal, she's not supposed to interfere in mortal affairs. If the deadly Wardens catch wind of her, a swift execution is the best she can hope for.

The bigger question looms, her sacred [Oath] demanding a response—When does she heal her enemies?

©2023 Selkie Myth (P)2024 Podium Audio

Another great addition

Fenrir being a washed up personal investigator is by far my favoritist thing ever.
10/10 I need more. Where’s the next 11 books?

Great Series!

I'm always left wanting more, but the ending was less than satisfying this time around. A few small details Really didn't have to be left for the next book. Wrong kind of cliff hanger imo. But overall, love the book!

Love This series

I absolutely love this entire series and hope it continues, I was drawing out the last book as much as possible in wait for this one, I can't wait to see what comes next I love it!

the voice actress is great

The story is great, I actually enjoy it, but, I spend half the book fast forwarding through the constant moral mental arguments the MC repeats over, and over, and over... it gets really tedious when all you think is, my god get over it already.... it's completely unrealistic. But, if you get past that, then the story is actually really good!

Another great adventure

Can't wait til book 12 comes out and see the next adventure we go on

The series remains absolutely peak

If you have read the last 10 books then I don't need to convince you to read this, and all I need to say is that it does not disappoint at all. 100000/10 would recommend.

Still my favorite story ever written

I love the story, the pacing, and the characters. My only dislike is that the next book didn’t release 2hrs after this one lol.

Interesting future

Enjoyed the book as always, but to be fair, sometimes it gets obnoxious about the healing only and such.
Healing enemy army during fight, I get tbats why she has her classes but damn 0 logic for me. At least we might get more of Fox valkyrie, dhe at least has brain.

Can’t wait!!!

Can’t wait for the next book in the series to come onto Audible really loving this series!!

Story All Over The Place

I love this series. I wouldn’t have spent 11 credits and countless hours listening to it otherwise. I was crushed from the huge time jump and reshuffling of the cast, but it has been growing on me. I don’t understand the brushing past seemingly significant events and people that could create a great catharsis for Elaine and the reader. Last book was the Flora disappointment. Why was that a nothing storyline after the so cleverly placed touchstones throughout the prior books?

This book was the playwright. That episode was insane and infuriating and seems to be a needless diatribe against the state of isekai anime or something. Not an incorrect take, just seemed entirely like a “blooper” when it was built up like a reasonable plot point. I mean she gets there and it’s literally never mentioned that he allegedly wrote this play from Earth. He just starts talking about nukes (which Papillon made sure nobody understood) and has a gross harem. Really?

It seems like the realities and applications of the oaths in this series is inconsistency personified at best, morally ambiguous philosophical handwringing at worst. Having a virtue ethics lesson poleaxed by incongruous utilitarianism in the middle of a war skirmish is not entertaining. Having Iona eviscerate untrained conscripts under the guise of “greater good” makes no sense. Having her try and make a power play by capricious goddesses into a suicidal crusade for righteousness also is dramatic. Iona hating immortals but also somehow loving the divine who are clearly just immortals…?

Also Elaine refusing to do anything interesting or fun because “she has forever” is tedious.

Truly hoping Book Twelve isn’t bogged down with this wonderful narrator performing Auri chirps for 25 minutes about whether or not arson bad and water bad but good.

TLDR; I spent the credit, I enjoyed most of the book. Love Pallas, love Night, wish the humor wasn’t always at the expense of the brilliance of the world building and story. Also, Elaine is not Aristotle, right?