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Worlds Apart

The Darkness Within Saga, Book 8

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With Kael Symes nowhere to be found, Maxwell Soren reluctantly returns to Solikyr Fortress to help pick up the pieces after the Ri'Tek's devastating attack.

Now appointed the temporary custodian of Solikyr Fortress by Queen Kohl, he finds himself hearing petitions requesting help from several of Talohna's southern courts. Tales of strange abductions have surfaced all across the south, but with those living in DormaSai seemingly unaffected by these strange disappearances, Max turns away the petitioners and instead focuses on getting the Dead Forge to the Midnight Canopy. But will turning a blind eye become a mistake?

Even in death, it seems the fallen goddess has one final lesson for Kael Symes to learn.

After the brutal fight at the Black Kasym, Kael wakes in a strange place to meet a young woman who introduces him to a people living in a post-apocalyptic nightmare... And he finally understands what Niis has done to him. Stranded in another reality with no way to open a portal back home, Kael defends his new hosts when attacked by a pack of horrifically corrupted witches using a type of magic he has never seen before—the terrifying reality of everyday life in Edyr. While searching for a way home, Kael does his best to help this new world fight against the grotesque evil terrorizing the people, and in doing so uncovers a link to Edyr's forgotten past, to the former wizards of this lost world—the Maji—and the true history surrounding the apocalypse.

A history that could lead him back home, but in the process, could also threaten Talohna's very existence.

For mature listeners.

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Another fantastic book in this series. JD has done it again, this is an unmissable listen.

You will not be able to put this down

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The world only gets more interesting and it is such a treat and world only gets more exciting as we go on, I loved this book and look forward to the future ones

Continues to amaze me

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These books have gone from strength to strength, and i throughly enjoyed this particular instalment, new worlds, new themes, same old masochism.
I do however wonder if at some point we will see kayle get through a story without being metaphorically kicked in the nads for the 100th time. poor man can't catch a break.

An old friend.

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