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The Death King

Death, Book 1

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The Death King

By: Penelope Barsetti
Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo, Ramona Master
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I was fifteen when the Death King came for us.

With a mighty black dragon and the ability to command the dead, he raised an army of our fallen soldiers to fight for him—and conquered us in the night. My father, King Laurier of Scorpion Valley, couldn’t stop him. I tried to flee but came face to face with the man in black armor, the man who looked more like a god than a human. Instead of killing me, he chose to show me mercy… but it didn’t feel like mercy.

Not when the next ten years of my life are spent as a slave in the Arid Sands, digging for Black Diamonds from sunrise to sunset. I'm also the personal slave of General Titan—a man who has grown obsessed with me. The work under the hot sun is unbearable—but I prefer it to his company any day. I’ve never tried to escape because there’s nowhere to run in the desert, but all of that changes when I hear the news—that the Death King is coming.

I sneak out in the middle of the night to steal his dragon, but that backfires in my face—because you can’t steal a dragon. Khazmuda is no mindless beast. He can speak directly into my mind and hear my thoughts in return. The Death King is about to kill me, but Khazmuda changes his mind—because I have the gift.

The ability to speak with dragons.

The Death King spares my life once again and takes me back to his castle. He has no idea who I am, has no idea what he did to my family ten years ago. He asks me to fight for his cause—but he won’t tell me exactly what that cause is. And then he tells me he wants more from me… desires me more than any other because, like him, I have the gift.

I can’t deny he’s the most handsome man I’ve ever seen, with eyes black like midnight, a jawline as sharp as his dragon’s talons, the height of a mountain, and shoulders as broad as a stream. But no amount of attraction will ever change the fact that he destroyed my life. The answer is no—and it’ll always be no.

But the Death King doesn’t accept that answer.

This book contains dark themes with subject matter that may be difficult for some listeners.

©2024 Penelope Barsetti (P)2024 Dreamscape Media
Action & Adventure Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy King Fiction Royalty Dragons
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Loved it

This is a great story and I can’t wait for the rest of the tail. What will happen when they meet again? Will the general catch up to her and what will happen then?

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A little familiar

I listened to this and read book 2. It's starting to sound like a mix of the FUSE series by another author and the Dirty Blood series. Still good overall, just hope to see more differences in the future books.

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Trigger warnings needed

FMC is subjected to many nonconsensual interactions with the MMC. The lack of respect for her boundaries and refusal to accept her no is supposed to be sexy 🤢🤮

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Great F narrator and good M narrator can't save it

Narrators good/great (Ferraiolo not really the best fit, imo).

Story is trite and chauvinistic, The MMC is cut out of broody, angsty cardboard -- very two-dimensional. Adding some pitiful backstory to give the MMC trauma doesn't excuse his inability to see women as human beings. The persistent dehumanization of women the MMC engages in is aggravating and pointless to the larger story, other than the laziest way to emphasize how awesome the MFC is, since he's capable of comprehending her humanity (debatable).
Truly, a very shallow story.

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juvi with bad language

presentation and no depth of character development. i couldnt endure past 3rd chapter. wish i could get my credit back. wont buy suggested reads again.

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