Wizard's Nocturne

The Sixth Jonathan Shade Novel

De: Gary Jonas

Narrado por: Joe Hempel

In the conclusion of the three-volume time travel sequence, Jonathan Shade is sent back to 1926 to kill an upstart wizard named Henry Winslow. Henry wants to die because in order to achieve his goal of immortality, he must first achieve resurrection.

Jonathan Shade and Kelly Chan are part of a larger plan playing out across time, and while Henry Winslow is a major player, there's someone else acting as the mastermind, and his name is Jonathan Shade.

Shade's plan relies on changing the way things happened in the 1920s...but if things change too much, there won't be a future to which any of them can return.

©2015 Gary Jonas (P)2016 Gary Jonas

Another great Jonathan Shade Adventure

I absolutely love the twists and turns that Gary Jonas weaves in his stories. With the layering of time travel, the reader has no idea who will live and who will die. Joe Hempel's narration adds even more life to the story.
In order to appreciate everything that is going on, you need to start with book one and read them in order.

Story is a bit rambling

I jumped in right in the middle of this series. I enjoyed it once I figured out what was going on. The story felt a bit rambling at times but overall I loved it. Definitely going to grab up the other books.

As always Joe Hempel did a wonderful job. Very enjoyable.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Final book in Series

This final book brought all the loose ends to a conclusion. More deaths, and Lifes.
I enjoyed this series enough to finish it but some of the books were not as good as the others.

Entertaining book

This was another entertaining novel in the Jonathan Shade world. The book has action, suspense, and a healthy dose of fantasy and supernatural. This is the 6th book in the series, and I have read all the previous books. I have to admit that while this book was still good and entertaining, I find that my interest in waning a bit. Don't get me wrong - I'm still glad I read it, and I will continue to read the books in the series - but I'm not sure how much of my continuation of the series is just to get a sense of completion, or if it is for true enjoyment. I like the characters and the humor throughout the book. I think this is an interesting series, especially for those fond of supernatural fantasy. I listened to the Audible audio version of the book narrated by Joe Hempel. I think Hempel's narration skills keep getting better as the series progresses. He gives unique voices to the characters and keeps the story moving along.

The Last Book?

Any additional comments?

This book was the last in the series,sad to say.

All of the characters were well developed and interesting.

Overall, The story line had several twists and turns and was a great conclusion to the series.


Joe Hempel did well with the narration as usual.

Note:
"This audio book was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review."

BOOK 6

What made the experience of listening to Wizard's Nocturne the most enjoyable?

Another suspenseful audiobook in this series. It kept my interest all throughout the book. Looking forward to the next book in this series

Loved it. !

This series is very suspenseful and mysterious. While the subject matter is a bit dark, the characters are very well developed and the story kept me guessing. I love a good mystery, and these books did not disappoint!“
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Entertaining but needs map of timelines.

Note: This is Book 6 in the series and I recommend reading at least the previous 2 books as there are major things that happened in those books that both explain and affect characters’s decisions in this book.

This book takes place in New York 1926 roughly 50 years after the previous book, Sunset Spectres. The Jonathan Shade from the previous book that decided to raise the young Henry Winslow long ago changed his name to John Eastman. Now Henry is a man in his prime and he and John are in business together and have a good relationship. However, John knows from his previous timeline that his younger previous self, Jonathan Shade, is due to show up and kill this version of Henry Winslow. Also, his once-girlfriend Reina is due to show up as well, from a different time jump. Things are about to get very, very complicated.

This was a fun book and while there are many things I liked about it, I did feel all the time traveling stuff got jumbled and was difficult to keep track of. I wanted a time jump map. Still, with that confusion I got enough enjoyment out this book to want to continue the series.

First, I like that John gave 50 years of his life to raise Henry in a loving environment, giving him the basis to become a good human being instead of the evil Henry Winslow that Jonathan Shade and crew have been trying to stop from becoming immortal. John is the mastermind in this tale, knowing some key specifics about how things will go down with the time jumps. In short, he’s trying to keep everyone he cares about alive. As we know from the previous book, one of his best friends died back in 1877. Now he just might have the chance to change that.

As John’s friends and even Jonathan start popping into 1926, none of them seem to recognize him as a much older version of Shade. This allows him to manipulate things. John and Henry have been leading members in an occult group for many years and John has set in motion a plan to initiate a new member, which will give John access to this man’s stunning find – the Emerald Tablets. These ancient artifacts are the source of the immortality spell that the evil Henry Winslow is trying to enact. 1926 is the stage for his final step in that spell.

This story had little bits of sentimentality laced through it everywhere. For instance, a vibrantly alive Esther is doing quite well as Mr. Eastman’s secretary. John knows he probably shouldn’t have hired her, based on his past experience with her ghost, but he couldn’t turn her down. Plus this way John believes he can ensure that Esther, alive or dead, doesn’t fall in love with him and suffer a broken heart for decades. I liked these little nods to characters we lost in previous books. Yet their appearances and different reactions/interactions with various characters also added to muddying the timelines and making it difficult to keep things straight.

Along with all the scheming that takes place in this book, the story wraps up with a decently long action sequence. Some people get what’s coming to them and, as always with this series, some good folks perish as well. This time they weren’t characters that I was heavily invested in so my heart didn’t ache like it did at the end of Sunset Spectres. There’s a lovely afterglow in which some things are explained and the surviving characters make plans to have lovely lives. I am pleased that my favorite characters are still alive and kicking though I do wonder what the author will do next. What a mess with the timelines!

I received a free copy of this audiobook.

The Narration: Joe Hempel is just simply great at this series. I really enjoyed him giving voice to the older, wiser John Eastman and the younger, still cocky Jonathan Shade. As always, his Kelly Chan and Esther are great. His emotional scenes, such as that between John and the good Henry, were very touching.

I really enjoyed this series!

I love listening to Joe Hempel and this series was great to listen to. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Intrigue, action & humour

This 6th book in the Jonathan Shade series culminates the time travel trilogy. This story captivated me from the start, it takes you on a complex journey of intrigue, action, manipulation and converging time lines. There are twists within twists in this story, and at times they are a little hard to follow but in the end it leads to an interesting and satisfying finish. Joe Hemple did good job of narration in the audiobook, his pace was just right and the voices he used for the characters are appealing and consistent from one book to the next. I really enjoyed the humour and relationships of the characters in this story, their friendship and love traverses time and you can not help but be attached to to them. I will look forward to hearing the next audiobook to see where the changes that happened in this story will lead. I received the audiobook at no cost and under no obligation.