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Death and Glory

Immortal's Ascent, Book 1

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Death and Glory

By: Luke Chmilenko, Chris Harris
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Gavin fights for freedom, Sadira for glory. Together, they will face death.

Together, they will seek ascension.

In the Domains, those born with magic have only one place where they can prove themselves worthy of it: the brutal pits of the arena, where they will either grow in power and build a following with every victory, or risk dishonor and death in defeat. For these “Gladiators”, the ultimate prize for their struggle is a place among the Chosen, the immortal rulers of that vast and decadent empire.

Gavin is an unlikely warrior trying to find his place in the savagery of the arena. Sadira, a star Gladiatrix already favored by all. When happenstance brings them together, the pair set out to earn themselves a place at the Grand Championships, vying to see their names carved in the annals of history.

With survival and immortality on the line, can they hold together against the vicious realities of the fighting grounds and the machinations of the Chosen?

Monsters and magic await them.

The white sands call for blood.

©2022 Luke Chmilenko & Chris Harris (P)2022 Podium Audio Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Military Sword & Sorcery Progression Fantasy Magic
Excellent Narration • Detailed Fight Scenes • Engaging Gladiator Premise • Engaging Performance • Entertaining Bloopers
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I'm not east to get into books but I really love this one. I think it was brilliantly written. I didn't want to stop listening to it and when the end came I was sad I want the next book asap.

I'm sad

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This book is to episodic for my liking it’s little tiny glimpse at the life the story is to spread out. Hell you don’t even know how much time has passed form chapter to chapter. And with each chapter so character focus it leaves the world building on the extreme short side.

I will give this to the author he knows how to write a good character. But that being said the development of said characters are off screen a lot of the time.

Here’s the thing if happened off screen it dose not matter…… but that is LITERALLY HALF THE BOOK! It make you feel unwelcome in this world\story the story moves on you are not invited to see it.

The style is not to my liking.

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There was too much combat in this book. It was probably 3/4 of the book. Not that it wasn’t well done, but there was less plot than I usually like, you could skip the first 6 hours and not really miss much. I do recognize that the title is a bit of a warning.

Too much combat

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not sure why people say nothing happens in this book. as quite a lot is happening. or maybe I just like the down time stuff too much. I think it helps flesh out characters

really good

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A while to get its stride.

Excellent narration. Love the bloopers. Looking forward to see how the next book goes for it.

Takes…

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loved the strong characters and all the conversations. great life lessons in a new and inventive way. love that the strong female character knows what she wants and how far she will go to fulfill all of her dreams and desires.
Also, the male lead is so supportive of her and her dreams.
they are also filled with faith in themselves and in fate.

Strong characters great banter!

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When I go and search for a new audio book I look up Luke Daniels. If you haven’t had the pleasure of listening to him yet, don’t wait. Every character from the protagonist to the most minor is nuanced and easily recognizable. Add to his excellent narration with a great story from Luke Chmilenko who is one of my favorites and Chris Harris whom I’m unfamiliar with but plan to remedy and you have a damn fine book filled with detailed small unit fighting and the drama of surviving the machinations of both the gladiatorial circuit and the political system based upon it that has grown slowly corrupt as it ages.

Plus as a bonus you get Mr. Daniels bloopers at the end. (Which a collection of should be published as a stand alone download, just saying).

Is it odd that…

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First of all, didnt finish the book, so take my review with a pinch of salt. It's just fight after fight with some of the poorest character development I have seen in a while. The fights are entertaining, but there is nothing linking them together, and they cannot stand on their own. Characters are shallow, any interaction between the characters come out of left field and follow power fantasy cliches. Can be summed up as hot people like fighting or banging or both. I still have no idea who the main character is, except he's an orphan got mentioned once, he likes to train and fight, and wants to be super popular so he can have everything.
Could not hold my attention.

What story?

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The story overall filled an itch I've been wanting to fulfil Iron Prince and it did just that.

My biggest gripe is unfortunately the narration. I felt the overall female performances from Luke Daniel to be far under performing from his usual works.

Great story but narration felt off

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If I’m being honest I don’t know much about books but Im a fan of the writing of Luke and the reading of the other Luke

I enjoyed it

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