Rogues of Magic: The Complete Trilogy

Rogues of Magic, Books 1-3

By: J.T. Williams

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Forsaken to be a killer and sent to be a destroyer, Sviska must choose his own path.

Sviska is a man of the shadows, an assassin without any one place to call his own. But in the Far North, he discovers a secret. Magic, long thought lost to the world, is alive. The genocide to destroy every elf, wizard, and sacred being of old is not yet complete. Sviska's masters work the strings of the world and he has been sent for a task he does not even fully understand yet. When at last he feels he has what he has always wanted, darkness falls upon the world.

Forced to rise up to face an enemy more terrible than any he has ever met, Sviska comes to a moral crossroad. The Rogues of Magic rise but will Sviska be the blade that unites them all or strikes those of magic from the world forever?

In this Tale of the Dwemhar trilogy, prepare yourself for a war that will bring about the gods of old, the remnants of the many races of magic, and follow a man in his journey to awaken that which sleeps deep within himself.

Contains the complete series (Books 1-3) of the Rogues of Magic.

©2018 J. T. Williams (P)2020 Podium Audio

Great Series: In depth backstory

I’ll begin with a note to any with a dislike for the series — there needs to be an awareness that this is not the first installment of the Dwehmar World. The previous books contain an extensive backstory. With that being stated, the Dwemhar World is reasonably complex and full of great characters. The narrator does a very good job and is quite engaging. This is a great series and I look forward to reading/listening to the others books.

Not horrible, but also not good

It struggled to keep me engaged, I didn't identify with any of the characters as realistic, and by the 3rd book I was just listening so I could mark it "complete". it may be better if it really grabbed me in the first part of the first book, but I never had any "I can't wait until I can listen to more" moment because it didn't do so at the start. Narration was great, Tim Gerard Reynolds is always amazing, but I wish the story had captured my attention up front so I could really enjoy it.

Tries to make leaps before it crawls.

there’s a lot going on in a very short period of time and 0 backstory until many many hours later.

voices providing character and personality to story

did not find anything to complain over. I enjoyed it very much and will seek oth3rs like it.

Not too interesting

Disappointing. Great start that doesn’t develop characters. No explanation of “why” to who is bad or good. Just a lot of bad who need to be killed and long descriptions of buildings, wildlife and battles. Rare glimpse into anything like a relationship with no idea of why anyone would like them in the first place. Shallow and irrational. Won’t be getting more in this series

okay

Character development was lacking. I lost intrest many times. I did think ending was better written most of the book.

Just Didn't Capture Me

There was nothing wrong with this book, as far as a story goes, but for whatever reason, it just never captured my full attention. It seemed..., busy. I found it at times hard to follow along with the story. Reynolds did a good job in the narration and is always pleasant to listen to. I wouldn't recommend against buying this book. It just wasn't for me.

Too much focus on minutia and exposition ...

and not much on meaningful character development. J.T. Williams actually writes prose quite well but lacked a cohesive ability to blend the characters and the story into resembling a mission of any urgency. The MCs fellowship included 4 people of varied races and backgrounds with the primary lead, Sviska, being a human assassin without any magic. However, it turns out that he was the least abled of the four with Berry (Elf) being the most useful, followed by Rastoh (dragon whisperer) then Slats (dwarf) and then Sviska. Also, the team mates never really interacted much and for the most part were loners, doing their own thing which made both the team and each of the individuals uninteresting.

The author seemed to feel that they needed to include several fantasy species like, gnomes. dragons and, of course, unicorns but their involvement was short-lived making the listener wonder why they were added in the first place other than to take up whitespace.

[SPOILER]
Where I almost gave up on the series was when Sviska was entrusted with a very rare and vastly important book on magic, Galhedriss Arcana, and warned many times to never allow the antagonist to gain access to it. He then puts it in a robe pocket and eventually rushes in to help a friend against an attack then gets caught and loses the book to the antagonists. He never even considered hiding of the book before bumbling in to fight beforehand. Even the lord who entrusted him with the safety of the book was disappointed and I could almost hear him thinking, "YOU HAD ONE JOB! ONE JOB!"
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Still, as I stated, the author was very good at crafting prose so if you're interested in a nice fantasy and don't mind it not being very challenging, this series may interest you.

Tim Gerard Reynolds performance was Bakers Square paraphrase worthy, "Come for the fantasy, stay for the narrator."

So sad to have finished the series

This was a fantastic book series.
I hope this author comes out with material comparable to this!
I listened to the entire series back to back.
That indicates that it was put together perfectly for me to listen every night before bed.

love it

great story and better performance. you should definitely give this series a chance. the plot is solid and I like the the character's