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    Tyrant's Throne
    Tyrant's Throne
    Tyrant's Throne
    Audiobook19 hours

    Tyrant's Throne

    Written by Sebastien De Castell

    Narrated by Joe Jameson

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    After years of struggle and sacrifice, Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats, is on the brink of fulfilling his dead king's dream: Aline, the king's daughter, is about to take the throne and restore the rule of law once and for all.

    But for the Greatcoats, nothing is ever that simple. In the neighboring country of Avares, an enigmatic new warlord is uniting the barbarian armies that have long plagued Tristia's borders-and even worse, he is rumored to have a new ally: Trin, who's twice tried to kill Aline to claim the throne of Tristia for herself. With the armies of Avares at her back, led by a bloodthirsty warrior, she'll be unstoppable.

    Falcio, Kest, and Brasti race north to stop her, but in those cold and treacherous climes they discover something altogether different, and far more dangerous: a new player is planning to take the throne of Tristia, and with a sense of dread the three friends realize that the Greatcoats, for all their skill, may not be able to stop him.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781541483828
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    • 5/5
      May be my favorite series. Outstanding from start to end. Highly recommend.

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    • 5/5
      This was a fantastic swansong for the series, a wonderful final outing for the Greatcoats and as gripping as every other installment. If you enjoyed the rest of the series, you will absolutely enjoy this one!
    • 5/5
      This book owns my entire ass right now. Yes, it's cheesy as hell but it totally earns it, a stellar conclusion to a thrilling series. Seven for a thousand!!!
    • 5/5
      Oh this was a great conclusion. But also terribly sad at points. There was at least one plot twist where I was "NO....., is that really happening".Our heroes back in an impossible situation, with twists and turns and satisfying plot threads concluded. Just a great series. I've read Spellslinger and this now and Mr De Castell is now on my priority reading list.
    • 4/5
      "Gentlemen," I said to Kest and Brasti, "I'm of a mind to attempt something rather daring and heroic."Brasti grinned. "I assume this preposterous venture of yours is doomed to fail?""Assuredly. But we're going to do it anyway. You know why?"Kest had a broad smile, one I'd rarely seen before. "Because preposterous heroics are the only things we've ever been good at."And that is pretty much The Greatcoats in a nutshell: preposterous heroics saves the day. Fortunately for me I happen to love this brand of heroics, especially since the author has moved away from the grimdark edge and ended the series firmly in swashbuckling fantasy. While book 3 is my overall favorite, it's with this final installment that the series gives me the most Three Musketeers vibes which is what hooked me on this series to begin with.Falcio val Mond is close to achieving his goal of putting the dead king's daughter, Aline, on the throne and restoring a rule of law to Tristia. Unfortunately things are never that easy for the Greatcoats. First Falcio must unite the Dukes in supporting Aline's rule, most of whom would rather secede from the kingdom than be ruled by a young girl. As if that wasn't enough war is brewing in the mountain kingdom of Avares. Avares has never posed a true threat before, being too unorganized to field an army, but that has changed. There is a new Warlord of Avares, who has united the the clans under a single cause - to take back the ancestral lands the Tristians had stolen.It's safe to say that de Castell has cemented his formula for what makes The Greatcoats series great: witty character banter, a cast of heroes and villains you both love and hate, a bit of moral ambiguity, an interesting if undefined world, overwhelming odds and the preposterous heroics needed to save the day. Falcio faces his toughest opponent yet when he's forced to face his own ideals in order to save the country. It was a bold choice by the author and one I was glad to explore. What do you do when adhering to your own rules means sacrificing everything you believe in? Falcio does not have any easy time working through this latest set of problems.My favorite thing from this series are the characters. Falcio, Brasti and Kest's friendship is a joy to read. I would happily buy these guys several rounds of beers in the nearest pub. I also truly loved the solution to the big problem and the epilogue for these characters. It felt right and true to the world de Castell has built.As with the previous books there are some flaws with this one. I never really was onboard with the Falcio/Ethalia romance. I wish it had been dropped in the last book with the whole saint thing. The reveal of Ethalia being pregnant at the end was cheesy and eye roll worthy. Since de Castell has found his formula, it made the book feel slightly repetitive and it was easy to guess several of the big reveals, though there were still surprises mixed in. We are still left with some mysteries in the world, specifically around magic, which is frustrating, though leaves things open for the author to explore in the future if he wanted to.Overall it was a good ending to the series. Be sure that you read the Acknowledgements as de Castell works in some fun facts about his characters as he's thanking everyone.
    • 4/5
      4.5/5 starsThis book took me a while to get into, but I think it was more a me thing than anything else. I really enjoyed this. It was heartbreaking, and hard to read at points because things just weren't going right for Falcio, Kest, and Brasti. It was written so well though, I really came to care about these characters and hoped that they wouldn't die. I really enjoyed how the plot progressed in this one, and how the series wrapped up. I enjoyed this new "foe" and how the Greatcoats themselves had to face some harsh truths and really think about what it was they truly represented. Overall, this was a fun series, and had some great adventures. I am hoping to return to them one day soon.
    • 4/5
      Falcio val Mond is on the brink of sucess, he's just about to get Aline on the throne and to earn his rest when it all goes pearshaped and Trin is back and somehow he has to dig deep in his reserves and survive.Falcio is an interesting mix of optimist and realist, he really wants his cynicism to be wrong only to have it proved again and again to be right and it's eating away at his soul. He's also tired of people he cares for dying but he's also finding that some of these people care enough about the same things he cares about. (I nearly cried at the coins, wow)There are mild echoes of Brexit underlying some of the story but overall it's a satisfying conclusion to the series with hope that there may be some other stories involving Falcio, Kest and Brasti, some day, and I look forward to that day.
    • 5/5
      Tyrant’s Throne is, sadly, the fourth and final book in author Sebastien de Castell’s Greatcoats fantasy series. I picked up Traitor’s Blade, the first book in the series some five years ago just out of curiousity but, from the first page, it became one of my favourite stories and, with each succeeding book, my love of the story grew. It was everything I love in a fantasy series: wonderful worldbuilding that continually expanded but never lost its focus on what really mattered to keep the story moving; gods and saints that were not only not all-powerful but could die; a magic system that had limits; plenty of action; a nice touch of humour; and, perhaps most important at least to me given the surfeit of anti-heroes in fantasy lately, heroes who are a throwback to earlier fantasy series but without the pastoral beginnings or big hairy feet, who have weaknesses, human failings and quirks but who strive to do right even when right seems wrong to everyone else – it is, I think, fair to say that de Castille has created some of the most likeable and sympathetic characters in the genre. And in all these respects, this final book doesn’t disappoint except in one albeit very important way - it means the story is over... However, de Castille hints that there may be more in the future for our three heroes Kest, Brasti, and, of course Falcio (who, perhaps, will finally get some respect?). Fingers, or perhaps it should be swords, crossed!Thanks to Netgalley and Quercus Books for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review