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The Faded Land

By: D.E. Sherman
Narrated by: John Joseph Rogers, Rylee Kuberra
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Summary

Keiran clawed his way from gutter rat to archmage in his first life.

His second was supposed to be easier...

Keiran of the Night Vale has staved off death for two thousand years. His mind and his magic remain as sharp as ever, but his body is old, worn out, and failing. What he needs is to reincarnate into a new, young body, and he bends his prodigious talents towards doing exactly that.

He awakens to find that he’s been reborn in a wasteland where mana has become a scarce resource. Even the internal mana generated by people is stolen away by those who rule them. And without mana, he’s no longer a mage.

It will take more than that to stop Keiran. With each passing week, he regains more of his old strength, but can he keep his secrets safely hidden? Standing in his way is his new home’s cult-like nightly mana tithing, a governor with deadly secrets, and a monster-ridden desert.

It's a deadly scramble to claim the mana he so desperately needs to survive, but Keiran didn’t become an archmage by accident.

He’s willing to use every dirty trick and tactic he knows to get there again.

©2024 D.E. Sherman (P)2024 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

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Enjoyable book

The only thing I didn't like about the book was a chunk of the middle part. It was kind of bland and a drag to get through. Too much inner dialogue that was just repeating things and little progress.

Narration was a bit slow too, with some audio quality inconsistencies in the first part of the book, but nothing too bad.

Otherwise, I really enjoyed the book, especially towards the end where things start to pick up and it's less bland. Can not wait for the next one!

The narrator does a great job as well!

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Great story

I really enjoyed this and I'm looking forward to next book, worth trying if your into the all powerful protagonist getting constantly underestimated.

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Mc overanalysing

Man in a toddler’s body and the, people’s stubbornness are a bit roughly thought out, but otherwise it’s a story. I would listen the next book for sure.

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