Deserts of Naroosh

Rise of the Grandmaster Series, Book 3

By: Bradford Bates, Michael Anderle

Narrated by: Sean William Doyle

The Blue Dagger Society saved the city of Tristholm from Vitaria's minions and defeated the evil under the mountain. Keeping the Etheric Coast free of Vitaria's influence was going to take more aggressive measures than pounding a hammer into some steel.

It was time to throw down with a goddess.

Knowing they had their own goddess standing right behind them made Tim feel more optimistic about their chances. Eternia's influence was growing with each one of their victories. With the Goddess of Light standing behind them, how could they lose?

One victory after another, is what following Eternia's path had brought to their guild. She'd laid out the bread crumbs. All they had to do now was follow her to glory and riches.

Leaving the lands of light for the first time and entering a realm controlled by Vitaria would be new for all of them. A new zone was the perfect opportunity for new challenges, harder fights, longer quests, and unique bosses.

With his friends by his side, Tim was ready to face down whatever Vitaria could throw against them. Their new adventure beckoned, and like any journey, this one would begin by putting one foot in front of the other.

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Good listen - quick ending

Was a good listen. I just completed the others right before this book released. Was a quick book and it moved well. The use of DPS started getting redundant. But was interesting to get the banter and the inter character dynamics and how well they worked to bring everyone down.

Movie, book, tv references

Great series that was well written but as a nerd I love all the references to other books tv and movies. I would definitely recommend this series

Nice with hiccups

First off the beginning bouncing between the NPC perspective and the MCP was very confusing to me I did have trouble keeping up during that. Once that finished the book was as spectacular as the others

Non stop action

Action from the beginning to the end, something was off but I don't know what. As always Mr Doyle brings the characters to life, and their voices grow as they do. As usual I'm waiting for the next one while I listen again to the 1st three.

wtf

people like hearing some iner thoughts and self-reflection, but seriously come on. every character seems so caught up in their own thoughts that they don't see what is happening around even when they are paying attention. and what is with explaining every little thing. example: you can say slavery is bad in one or two sentences and get your point acrossed you don't need 2 paragraphs. little story going on while lots of bs being said and thought.

Too much banter

Everyone enjoys some banter, but when the story gets stopped over and over again for stupid remarks about food or sex it's gets sickening. Match that with the ending and I wasn't sure what the point of this book was, it rushed through the story just to to make them go back to were they started the book. Definitely don't recommend reading past the second book.

Way too much banter

The thing is, I like the characters and the storyline. The problem? Two authors with widely varying styles. One is more succinct and carries the story forward with an appropriate amount of back and forth/ banter. The other author? He goes of on a tangent and finally gats back to the story minutes later…in the middle of a fight no less. Stephen King went on rants all the time but never at a pinch point in the story. Totally ruined immersion for me. I just can’t anymore. I couldn’t even get through half of the third book.

Needs an editor

Good world building , bad writing. They seriously just need to take a writing class and get some tough love from a content editor. I think they have long term potential though.