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Son of the Morozovs

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Son of the Morozovs

By: Dmitry Sheleg, Clare Urbanski - translator
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
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Another chapter in the story of the heir to the Morozov mages. It takes place in a cruel world where ancient bloodlines with magical abilities enjoy power and influence, while Normals devoid of magical gifts are of no use to anyone.

This depressing fate was in store for our hero, Ivan, too—he was condemned to death by his father, who was sure that he was as magic-less as a puppet. But Ivan was rescued and brought up by an old warrior, and the head of the Morozov bloodline was able to transfer his gifts to Ivan just before his death—leaving an impostor soul from another world in his body. After coming back from the dead, our hero wasn't quite the same, and he underwent severe trials and learned how to fight bloodthirsty demons.

As a student at a branch of the Imperial Academy, Ivan couldn't hide his affiliation with his princely bloodline for long—a rare magical talent, fostered in him by his teacher, gave him away. Despite this advantageous discovery, it won't be easy for our hero to find himself in imperial high society, and fate only has more trials in store for him.

©2025 Dmitry Sheleg; English translation copyright 2025 by Clare Urbanski (P)2025 Tantor Media Action & Adventure Fantasy Historical Magic Wizardry
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This book left me waiting for by something to happen but nothing really of consequence came along until the very end which was a cliffhanger.
The next book, if it doesn’t fill in the gaps that this one left, I probably won’t continue this series past it.

Not much till the end with a cliffhanger

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the first book in this series was really interesting. Even though i generally dislike books with children as the lead - unless its specifically a children's book - was delightfully surprised. there were some annoying tropes and inconsistencies, but over all i liked the "OP kid battles demons while hiding from rich family" story.

Then book two basically abandoned the demon battling as anything more than a convenient way of creating drama at Pre-Teen Magic School. Ugh. i find it boring and tedious to listen to a grown man navigating school bullies and over-the-top infantile adults. Even so, it wasn't terrible and i was looking forward to the Ivan & George teamup.

Which brings us to this boring & disappointing installment: Adults who act like Children and Magic Sports. George is the worst kind of Adult in a Kids Book; completely disregarding ample evidence of Ivan's intelligence and maturity, and then flying off the handle when Ivan doesn't live up to adult standards.

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Ivan, meanwhile, makes no progress. his warrior rank is still at soldier two - even though he was supposed to be upgraded two books ago. his Magic-Magic (as opposed to his Warrior-Magic) is ... non existent. he spends a lot of time being a child at a parties, trailing behind the grownups who are doing the actually interesting things off-camera (there's a whole coordinated attack on the Demons in the wastelands that's just offhandedly dealt with in a couple sentences). Out of nowhere, Ivan is a business genius; but that all takes a back-seat to half the book, which is dedicated to MAGIC SPORTS. yay. awesome. lets have a super Magic Sports Events that we describe in super-detail; and then stop the book Before the Final Match.

Listen, i dont even care about the stupid Magic Sports (National Kids Warrior and Mage competition) events; i found all of that incredibly boring. but i get annoyed that after two-and-a-half books of Ivan beating up literally everyone, including grown soldiers a full rank above him, the author tried to adjust the power-scaling and convince you that anyone else at this competition had a chance. Seriously, Ivan should have murdered all these kids. Then the heavy-handed foreshadowing started. OMG, there's so much at stake here, good thing there's no way Ivan can lose... then the Surprise Monkey Wrench, and roll credits before the final match. That's inexcusable.

So, yeah. i'm done with this series. If, however, you enjoy reading about 12 year old stuck up brats going about their normal school lives, interacting with their stuck-up brat parents, teachers, etc. and you really like hearing about 12 yearolds getting a hot-dog at Magic Sports match, then you'll probably like this.

3 Strikes: Magic School, Magic Sports, Cliffhanger

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