Phantom Chamber

An Epic Fantasy Adventure (Shattered Legacy, Book 2)

By: Andrew Rowe, Kayleigh Nicol

Narrated by: Travis Baldree, Emily Lawrence

Length: 23 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

Secret treasures and otherworldly dangers await a band of adventurers in the second book of this fantasy series set within the Arcane Ascension universe.

After the Tortoise Spire climb claims three members of Team Guiding Star Legacy, surviving combat experts Nieve and Hane—teammates by chance if not by choice—cope with their losses by joining another delving group to ascend Tiger Spire. Allied with bickering siblings Rose and Mason, an Architect and a Transmuter, and the Biomancer Lief, they’re led by Odette, an Analyst, who has meticulously studied the spire’s scenarios to locate the mythical Vault of Shadows and claim its priceless treasures.

Their quest takes them aboard a train transporting rare cargo, but their mission is vague. Odette believes they’re either supposed to protect the cargo or capture someone. As the team splits into factions to solve the mystery, they encounter the notorious thief known as the Magpie. Sa’rhi Nereux is a Controller, commanding powerful minions to help them steal a creature capable of granting life or death with a single bite.

Even if the adventurers are victorious, greater threats await them within the spire if they’re to unearth the Vault of Shadows. Nieve, still grieving her lost companions, wants to befriend her new team to face these threats together. But Hane prefers distance, even from Nieve, leaving her to bond instead with a being of unimaginable power...

©2023 Andrew Rowe and Kayleigh Nicol (P)2023 Podium Audio

Another outstanding listen by Andrew Rowe

I have yet to read/listen to anything I didn't love by Andrew Rowe. Phantom Chamber builds off its predecessor well and includes mysteries small and larger that make pausing the listen almost impossible.

love the storyline, hate the gender neutral junk crammed down my ear holes.

As with all of the books, I love the dungeon crawler aspect and unique magic system and well portrayed story line. My only complaint is the gender neutral junk, as with so many things nowadays, is crammed down your throat, raw dog without even a sweetener. It's just ridiculous and bad English- "they is attacking the golem" (speaking about a single character) please, why, just why? totally takes away from the genius story line and for what? To make less than a half percent of your fan base to feel validated in their mental illness?

These books always end too soon

Great story as usual. I vote we lock the author in a basement like a snake and make him churn out stories at least daily.

Excellent story!

We absolutely love Rowe’s books! This collaboration between the authors seems to have injected even more energy and interesting character building.

enjoyable

it's enjoyable to me to see different climbs/delves into different spires and see how different attuned function without the exceptional outliers we have in the other serieses, what I do miss in this is the magic theory of Rowes works but I did find book enjoyable and will love to see where Chime and others end up in grand scheme of things.

Great Sequel

Absolutely loved this sequel, capitalized on the best parts of the first book, and has me excited for more!

Hard to differentiate characters.

Emily Lawrence is a good narrator, but she has a limit. It is hard to differentiate who she is portraying. I get that Hane is gender neutral, but using the same narrator for 95% of the book who is a woman is awful. Travis Baldree would've been a better choice for Hane.

Emily is great, but too much in this book.

Amazing world, story and character development

After the first book, I truly had no idea what to expect. I loved it, so I figured I would this too, and I wasn’t disappointed. Can’t wait for more!

Side story & can’t wait for the next

Previous reviews are hyper critical about the use of they. As a GenX aged fan I appreciate the new generation of authors who mindfully write using They in place of “he” & “she”. I appreciate examples of healthy supporting interactions with friends having panic attacks or suffering with grief. If this is confusing to the listener or considered “woke” I disagree. It is human - welcome. There are many humans here and it’s nice to listen to kindness & respect of tthe individuals allowed to come as you are. I imagine this world we live in, that now accounts for individuals beyond 2 sexes is also a disorienting experience. To you, I say leave your own zip code. Maybe correct the spelling errors in your reviews that are critical of the entertainment no one forced you to buy.
In 2023 we recognize the reality where billions of humans cannot be easily divided into 2 sexes. Why would you want to miss out on understanding a human experience beyond 2 neatly divided he/she groups?

That stated, this 10 book series is an invitation. Complaining that the Cadence Crew isn’t the focus or the narrator is pronouncing names places or items differently, when using multiple languages from different parts of a world being built story by story makes me believe you might complain about a haircut before it is finished or a cake before it is done baking. To have a complaint about an author’s reveal of previously unknown portions of a world you’ve encountered in ONLY 10 previous stories is a comment about yourself not the story.

I am a huge Andrew Rowe fan. I am beginning to understand the Kayleigh Nicol contribution to this world. If it helps us get the stories - then great welcome Kayleigh, I appreciate the work. I anticipate many stories and many days of entertainment from this and associated stories. Thanks to Andrew, Kayleigh, Travis & Emily. I’ve enjoyed this story - please don’t make us wait too long for the next release.

I love this universe. I hate this series.

I don't like leaving negative reviews especially for universes that I really enjoy. I really enjoy the sufficiently advanced magic/broken mirrors universe.

unfortunately this book just doesn't meet the standards of those stories.

It took me a minute to realize what was off, but Then I realized Andrew Rowe did not write this.

The style is definitely written from the point of view of a writer that doesn't understand the universe, and a narrator that mispronounces established pronunciations.

Definitely nothing special about this book so if you're a fan of Andrew Rowe and you miss this one... You're fine.