Wrath of a Mad God audiobook

Rare and wonderful is the book that can tie together nine or more other books into one huge and satisfying tapestry and give us something truly satisfying.This one does it. Even those side novels from before got woven into this. Hell, even Jimmy the Hand, an old man by this time, while not doing anything here, has his many adventures come back to haunt everyone in this dire time. :)A whole world of terrible fighters, a mad god, and the full destruction of a world. This is what we have here. Millions displaced. Whole realities eaten. Oh, yeah, and while I'm not going to spoil it for anyone here, there is one super-delightful twist that colors SO MUCH that has happened over 20 books in a brand new and wicked light. :) I think I might be enjoying this aspect more than all the rest. Epic fantasy? Epic, EPIC fantasy.I won't ever call it as good as WoT or a handful of other series, but by no means is this a slouch. :) I've read whole huge series faithfully that doesn't strike my fancy half as much as this. So, yeah, I like it very much. :)

This is the final book in the Darkwar Saga, the third-to-last subseries in the very large Riftwar Cycle. 26 books down, 5 to go!I had mixed feelings. There were a lot of parts where I was very interested in what was going on, and there were a few parts (particularly during the battles) where things felt a little tedious. A lot of big stuff happened and there were some interesting revelations that tied back to all the earlier books, much of which I had mixed feelings about. Most of what I have to say about this book needs to go in spoiler tags:(view spoiler)[Even though many people will survive and have the chance to make a new home for themselves, I hated seeing the destruction of Kelewan. I especially hated that the Cho-ja died with their world. I was really sad that Nakor died, but it was interesting to finally get some explanation about just what was up with him. I’m not so sure what I think of learning that Kalkin has been manipulating Pug’s life from the start. It wasn’t a surprising revelation, there have been plenty of indicators that the gods were manipulating some of the major players, but I’d rather the characters had been acting completely on their own initiative. I do think Pug and others probably would have made similar decisions on their own if given the chance, so that keeps me from being very frustrated, but finding out a character has been manipulated all along by some more powerful entity is a plot trope I’ve never been too fond of. I feel the same about prophecies, for similar reasons.At this point, the series seems to be getting more heavily focused on Pug. I like him, but he’s never been a favorite character. Even though he’s been one of the few constants throughout the entire series, my interest is usually more focused on the less-powerful characters who drive most of the action. The scenes with the long-lived magic users have a tendency toward boring dialogue, with characters reiterating things we already know from previous books or even the very same book in order to build up to new and often scanty revelations. I like Pug’s sons Magnus and Caleb quite a lot, and I very much liked Nakor, but I’m not a big fan of Miranda. In this book in particular, she kept flip-flopping between being excessively quick-tempered and illogical (her normal state) and being excessively dependent and needy. I particularly didn’t understand why she didn’t take the message about evacuating more seriously or make a more serious attempt to get the ball rolling. She just moaned about how she wished Pug were there to help her and made a few half-hearted attempts to get countries on Midkemia to accept refugees that they obviously couldn’t support. I mean, she didn’t even make the most obvious attempt of going to that bar in the Hall of Worlds to ask around if anybody knew a good world for a few million people to be evacuated to. She didn’t try to organize people in advance so they would be ready when the rest of the details were worked out. She didn’t seek out help from other magic-users, like the Cho-Ja magicians. Even if they weren’t willing to leave their world themselves, they might have been willing to help everybody else leave it. Nothing significant happened with the evacuation until Pug showed up with all the solutions. (hide spoiler)]I’m rating this at 3.5 stars, but this time I’m rounding up to 4 on Goodreads because it did hold my interest well and moved the plot along significantly. I look forward to seeing what happens in the next subseries.

Veliko finale Darkwar sage, ali takodje i kraj za nekoliko kljucnih karaktera koji se vec dugo pojavljuju u Riftwar serijalu. Ovo je knjiga epske sadrzine jer u njoj se bore bogovi, madjionicari, vanzemaljske rase, nestaju civilizacije i citave planete. Ovo je knjiga koja oznacava kraj ali i pocetak za sve one koji su kolateralna steta u vecnoj borbi dobra i ludila.

Via Book Reviews by Niki Hawkes at www.nikihawkes.comFeist’s books have a special place in my heart as they were the novels that introduced me to the world of fantasy. I love his plots, his settings, and his characters. They are all memorable and dynamic and the main reason why I pick up each new book. These later works by Feist contain a great balance of new and old, which I love because it keeps the story both fresh and nostalgic at the same time.As sad as I am to say it, I think Wrath of a Mad God was my least favorite novel so far in the 20+ list of books from him that I’ve read. I loved the premise for this story, but I had a little trouble with the concepts. They seemed a bit self-indulgent, requiring a great deal of explaining. When you need it fifty or more pages to explain to your audience what’s going on (especially so far in a series where the framework of the world and its realities are already pretty well-established) your concepts might be a bit too convoluted.Another thing I noticed with this book (which I can’t decided if it’s a good or bad thing) is the fact that the series as a whole has slowly transformed from fantasy to science fiction. There is no space travel, but people from different worlds still find ways to interact through magical rifts and wrinkles in dimensions. While this shift in genre is interesting, part of me misses the epic fantasy feel of his earlier works.Overall, I am slightly dissatisfied, but only when comparing it to the standard of other Feist novels. Nostalgia aside, I should also mention (without spoilers) that the ending of this book blew my mind and I genuinely can’t wait to see what happens next!Recommended Reading: I usually hand the first book (Magician: Apprentice) to anybody wanting to try fantasy. It’s an excellent representation of the genre, and one I think fans of Terry Brooks and David Eddings would enjoy. Also, for any Feist fans who haven’t yet made it this point – keep reading, it’s worth it!

A really good book, on par with many of Feist's other works. I had one moment of "WTF" near the end, (view spoiler)[ where Pug creates a gigantic rift to shear off a portion of a moon to kill the Dread Lord. I wonder to myself that if he could make one that big, why didn't Pug to that to move the refugees? But aside from that one thing, I really liked this book.It is a shame that this is the last appearance of Nakor—he is one of my all-time favorite characters, but I like that Feist does not steer away from ending main characters, because it makes the world and setting more realistic and dynamic. (hide spoiler)]I thought that the unveiling of how many of the secrets to how things came to be the way they were in this setting was really cool (you'll have to read it to find out).Pug is of course awesome, but I have to wonder how these events will change him and where he will go from here? I could use a bit more of Pug throwing down, but I don’t think that Feist’s magic system is as clearly defined as others I have read about. Not that I don’t like it, but as a reader, you don’t know what he can and cannot do or how elements of his magic work.

Another classic tbh I can’t put the series down!!

This book has interested me to the very edge of my expectations. Interesting as it may be, I dislike the way how he switches plots from one to another. It is a cliff hanger and I do not enjoy them very much. Even so, this book has interesting me and compelled me so much, that I stayed up until 1:57 am just to finish the book. It filled me with irony, action, justice, but mostly irony. This book doesn't make sence if you don't read the other books related to this one or others. The way that Feist emits the story in the reader's mind is amazing. He keeps you locked within the pages and makes you keep turning them. His method of making readers, like me, glue to the book/series are unique for they are one that I have seen or read little of. Every single character of this book plays an important part of the event or situation in the story line. If you ask who the main character is, the only answer to that question is all of them.

Feist did an excellent job of tying in old favorites, and setting the stage for the next series. Only now as I am typing this review do I realize that a major plotline was left unaddressed ... so that will certainly show up in the next book! Regardless, I didn't feel like I was missing that thread, because the end tied up all of the crucial, immediate elements very neatly. I resist saying anything else, as it would be considered a spoiler, and I know I avoid reviews that give away details!

Great end to another great series by Raymond Feist. Like most of his book #3, always leaves it for another series to come. Love his character development, and how they all accompany each book hand in hand.

I'm so in two minds about the ending of this trilogy.On one hand, a lot of it had me turning pages like crazy, as I was led through the reasons why things had been happening as they did - and basically from the very first book.But, on the other hand, although the Dasati had been conned into being Death warriors, and were happy to create death and havoc, no matter what, I'm sure there would have been a lot more of them on the 12 worlds, who would have taken stock of events, and start asking questions as to just why they were all expected to die for no apparent reason - after all, the Blood witches did!I was really sad with Nakor's ending, too, and was confused at times over the various points of view, where characters in the previous book took centre stage, only to become almost cardboard cutouts in this finale!This seemed to happen a few times in this final book, as if the author were running out of word count, so had to rush a bit in the explanations, which is why I could only give the 4 stars, rather than the 5 it might have been 😕All-in-all, I did love this book, despite a few things letting it down, so I think it's worth a read!Now on to my next book!

SPOILER ALERT!!! This is epic. So much going on and such intriguing characters.Lost some old friends made some new ones.My beloved Erik Von Darkmoor left us in this one, but he went out as he lived. I am very upset indeed that Miranda mused that Erik never married... he bloody well did! He married his love Kitty, and was a good and loyal husband just as he always was as friend and soldier!I don’t know why Mr Feist had her say this after writing Erik such a lovely life story, but i hate that he’s taken away a whole layer of his character.So, I’m just going to assume that Miranda was misinformed!Nakor! What will I do without Nakor?The villain of the piece Leso Varen , what an evil so and so but good heavens he made me laugh.. so dry!Can’t stay longer, I’m off to start the next one 😍

** spoiler alert ** So this wraps up another series, in fact many stories and series seem to be finished. The description of their culture/history and the journey the Dasati go on is well done, and the threat to and battle for Kelewan also is exciting. Thankfully Leso is finished off and didn't feature to much for my liking. As others have said, spelling mistakes and editing seems sloppy, and Ray does like character recaps frequently. Overall very good, although the ending, whilst a great premise, is so rushed and quickly over, it could have been better done, rather than "right, let's drop a bloody moon on him, that'll sort it! THE END".

This was is a stunning conclusion to the Dark War Trilogy that is filled with action, suspense, tragedy, humour and hope.The mysteries, plots and subplots of the previous two novels were all neatly resolved in a satisfactory and fulfilling manner together with the truth about Nakor being finally revealed.The final battle and its conclusion could be quite mind-boggling to try and visualise because of the sheer scale and scope of the events being described, but it is written so well that I had no problems in doing so.A must-read.

An epic end to this trilogy. Following on from the last book's abrupt end, this one maintains a good sense of suspense / building danger throughout, as things head towards a cataclysm. The ending third did feel perhaps a little rushed against the first part of the book, with a lot happening with a lot of emotional impact, but run through quicker than I think needed to be for maximum impact. Compared to the previous trilogy, this one harks back more to Rage of a Demon King / Shards of a Broken Crown in terms of having real impacts on the worlds at large. Overall I really enjoyed this one.

This book was amazing, the scope and scale of it was greater than any other book before it in the series. The devastation towards the end of the book was rather emotional. I really felt the weight that was on many of the main characters none more so than Pug and Miranda who fought the same fight but separated from each other. This book and this saga has a far reaching effect on the Riftwar cycle universe, one that could not have been predicted by reading the first book of the saga.

Oh my goodness are you freaking kidding me?!?!?!? Some trilogies end with a bang. This one? An explosion - bang isn't nearly enough. Feist ties so many things together to bring us to an epic conclusion here, and yet, leaves one little but significant thread to indicate there is more to be learned, more to occur, drawing us to the next books in the series. But THIS trilogy, wow, what an ending. I'd give it six stars if I could.

25 books into Feist's multiverse and he has definitely still got it... What a story this installment was - it's got it all! Favourite characters, alternative realities, fearless warriors, plots, murder, hopeless plans of survival, magic, gods and endings - oh so so many endings! Tragic, accepting - Ones to cheer for, ache for and even shed tears over, as even now my cheeks are still moist from saying some profound feeling goodbyes.One hell of a read. One hell of a journey.