The Demon Hunter

Blood of Kings, Book 3

By: Duncan M. Hamilton

Narrated by: John Lee

Demon legions prepare to march across the land as Fanrac begins his grab for power. The threat grows so great it can no longer be ignored. The monarchs of the Middle Sea set aside their differences and ready their armies to make a stand.

Force of arms alone will not be enough, as countless heroes of history have discovered to their demise. Time is running out for Conrad to tame the power coursing through his blood and learn the lessons he needs to face his ultimate foe.

Discovering Fanrac’s long forgotten capital sets Conrad and his comrades, old and new, on a path to a final confrontation with an evil bearing an unexpected face....

©2023 Duncan M. Hamilton (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

Thrilling Story, Ending Felt Rushed

While this was an excellent novel and I'd 10/10 recommend reading the whole series to anyone who enjoys fantasy, the pacing of the plot felt a bit rushed towards the end.

Around the 2 hours to the end mark it was clear where things were going for their conclusion, and the ending did end up tying everything together in a wonderful twist. But the end felt abrupt given this was the end to a trilogy with a large amount of backstory and multiple plot threads. There was nothing like an epilogue and the final duel, as it were, felt less developed than the conflict in the opening chapter of the book. Still finish the series if you've read the first two novels!

John Lee was excellent, but with a slightly more limited variety of voices than other narrators that makes it difficult to differentiate minor characters.

alot of missed opportunities. should've been 4 books in all

This 3 book series clearly should've been 4. The Arthur made such a big deal about the big boss demon and his potential to create an army but we never got to see his army battle or the big boss actually be used. what's worse the Arthur brings back important characters from another earlier series and mentions another important character from another earlier series( chapter 40) yet we don't get to see them in action or interact with one another smh! This book should've focused on the war itself half way thru with Conrad, wolfric, and seren interacting and fighting in the war against the demon army with book 4 being the Conclusion.

P.S what the Arthur chose to do with the big boss demon was truly terrible it would be like switching Darth Vader as the big bad for Lando at the last minute smh!

Decent. Could have been better...

Started out strong, but the ending came off rushed and nonsensical. I still prefer his trilogy about the Knights of the Silver Chalice.

Little Disappointed

Overall since I love the world Duncan had built for this series and his accompanying series, this felt extremely rushed, would of loved for there to be a 4th. the series was good, but a very rushed ending.

Great, but should have been book 3 in a 4 book series

Great narration and writing as usual, but I agree with the other reviewers that the ending felt very rushed and wasn’t given an appropriate amount of time. There should have been a 4th book dedicated to the ‘final battle’ instead of what we got. Only other complaint is that while it was nice to have the protagonists from the other trilogies mentioned/shown. There was little impact. A 4th book would have allowed for more interaction between all of the protagonists that would have been interesting to read. All said, I’m still very much looking forward to future novels taking place in this world.

Entering story not to complicated

It’s what I expect from Hamilton good story good characters not a complicated story but entertaining. John Lee’s narration is as always fantastic. It was a little strange at first hearing Minalan the Spellmonger’s voice in a totally different world.

Awesome as always!

I loved the whole book!the ending was quick and perhaps a bit rushed. But why not? The more I think about it, the more I realize it was PERFECT!

Love this book!

Finally a book that ends the way I like! The story and narrator were awesome too!!

Good final novel

I have enjoyed this book and the narration of it. I felt that it was a little wordy and full of thoughts that really seemed to meander on a little nonsensically. The adventurers turned librarians and a vast majority was thoughts on book finding and book research and book knowledge. All good things if I’m the one doing it, but hearing about someone else doing it so thoroughly got a little dull. (Spoiler Alert! ) The ending was a nice twist but sadly lacking. It seemed rushed and the big bad horror of a demon king turned out to be bested pretty easily by a thug as an afterthought. That was disappointing. And Mumfred died like a pansy too after all his big talk. I guess what I’m saying is it was a little anticlimactic for what I was expecting. Also, I kept expecting their dead comrade that was killed by the demons to pop back up. It would’ve been a gripping meeting for them to be faced with him as a foe. Or maybe he could’ve shown up and aided them in the end, but we never hear from him again. Kinda left us hanging on that one. However, I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy the book. It was a good listen and the fight scenes were enjoyable. Conrad was a good hero and I’m really glad he lived to keep fighting.

I love this author and will be waiting for anything else he decides to write

This was a series I very much enjoyed. This author and performer do an excellent job.