Phoenix Rising

Born of Ash, Book 3

By: Marc Alan Edelheit

Narrated by: John Lee

With humanity on the verge of extinction, a lone hero holds the key to survival and the fate of the world.

In the long-anticipated and thrilling conclusion of the Born of Ash series, Keira is thrust into a desperate battle for survival when the full power of the ancient precursor technology awakens beneath the war-torn surface of Asherho. Hunted by relentless enemies, and haunted by the rising forces of darkness, Keira must use her unique connection to the machine to outmaneuver the Disunity—a ruthless foe determined to seize control of the galaxy.

But time is running out. With her allies scattered and communication jammed, Keira must rely on her wits and raw determination to outlast her enemies and harness the very forces that threaten to destroy her world. As ancient powers stir and unimaginable horrors come to life, Keira faces the ultimate choice: stand and fight against impossible odds or risk losing everything she holds dear.

The fate of the galaxy rests in her hands. Will she rise from the ashes, or will she be consumed by the flames of war? Phoenix Rising: Born of Ash delivers a pulse-pounding finale filled with breathtaking action, high-stakes battles, and a heroine who must confront her destiny to save all she loves.

©2022 Marc Edelheit (P)2025 Tantor Media

Great Story

Love the story.

Book seemed to be rushed, dialogue development and back story just didn't have enough attention to be enjoyable.

The series itself had a lot of unrealized potential.

A great story of internal turmoil

Loved how the whole story came together. Dying to know what the new chapter will hold for Kira!

Ending

I thought it was a good ending to the series wish it was a bit longer and explained some of the backstory a little bit more

This book is a slog

This book is so insanely slow, poorly developed and quite honestly the biggest miss Marc has had for me ever. Even skipping to the end after so much listening had me just uninstalling the book. Maybe I was the wrong audience but after the first two books I was hoping this was onto something but nope. Nothing to surprising or impressive here.

Much about nothing

Most of the book main character is running away, at then turns around and destroying enemies with an ease
A lot of times information from previous books could be used, but it is forgotten, because it would make main character life easier
Looks like author did not know/wanted do anything for this book, so it looks like something "here, take it and now f*** off"