The Lonesome Crown

Five Warrior Angels, Book 3

By: Brian Lee Durfee

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds

A sweeping epic fantasy weaves together destiny and ancient magic in this masterful final novel in the beloved Five Warrior Angels trilogy by Brian Lee Durfee

In the age of belief, magic is a myth. But when an apocalyptic crusade comes to the remote border of Gul Kana, that belief is shattered, as is the tenuous peace that held the Five Isles together. Now the prophecies that were used to justify this war are unraveling, revealing a hidden agenda while the world lies in the wake of the degradations of this war.

But a slim skein of hope resides within the hidden truths, long kept secret and scattered throughout the isles—truths less reliant upon prophecy than heroism and great sacrifice.

Not everything is as it seems in this epic, long-awaited conclusion to a trilogy that Booklist raved about as “high fantasy in the vein of Stephen R. Donaldson or David Eddings, with generous helpings from George R. R. Martin.”

©2022 Brian Lee Durfee (P)2023 Recorded Books

Infinite black daggers

Infinite preaching. Infinite battles and narrow escapes. Infinite violence. Quite a bit of sexism and cussing. But not predictable. No dogs are hurt in the listening.

The growth of the characters throughout the 3 books.

The plot always was changing & coming coming together very smoothly. The narrator is always spot on & has a great range of emotion’s.

Excellent series !

Great character development, few good plot twists, good read , going to be reading this series again . Thanks for sharing your gift

Tala gets to be a scumbag with zero repercussions

high hopes for the series coming out of book 2, nail does literally nothing in 3 books. Tala and ava get to be scumbags the entire series then play victim in the end the walking plot armor beermug shows up to save the day every 5 minutes and spades just gives up on her revenge plot for no reason... what a letdown

Great fantasy trilogy

Any book narrated by Tim Gerald Reynolds is worth listening to! This was a great fantasy sci-fi story and highly recommend!!

Really enjoyed the series!!

I cared what happened to the characters and there where twists I was not expecting.

canis ex machina

Imma say canis ex machina! I still love it though. And the performance of the narrator is superb.

Great characters, great ideas, Meh finish

By this third book we have become familiar that Durfee is trying to flip the story on its head. Tropes are subverted and he does a good job of making g us root for a couple baddies, matter of fact some of the villains in this story are the most interesting characters by far. Black Dugal - who is he? what is his part in all of this? what’s his motivation? Spiderwood - same questions, but also even more intriguing because she is one of the most likable characters in the entire story. There is nothing sinister about the Spider. I felt he was sincere from the beginning, and I wanted to a better ending for him and to know something of his past, who was he before he was the Spider? Did I miss something? And my other favorite baddie, Emma Spades. We got a little more from her than the rest but I wanted more story from her as well, I’d like to know where she came from, learn why she is the way she is. She is a character that makes you hold your breath when she enters the scene.

Nail, Tala, Crysta, Liz Hen, Gault - all enjoyable to read and walk in their shoes. I love that Durfee was not afraid to make 2 of these characters exactly who they were, nobodies but doesn’t mean they can’t be SOMEBODY. Those were the characters I enjoyed most. Those were the parts of the story that I thought really hummed along. Characters that were just ok or stunk:
Hawkwood
Lindhoff
Lauri
Doki after a while
Aeros - his schtick got annoying after time and much less evil, just became a pain in the butt.

However, when things started to all come together I felt as though I was just “told” the big details. There weren’t any Ah ha moments. They all kinda just slowly, and I mean slowly came about. I’d like to know more but I don’t think I can read any more. Long books, and my favorite parts were when they were on the journey. Overall performance for the series 4/5 and overall rating for the story 4/5 with this last book getting a 3/5 from me. I’m glad I took part in it, just wanted a little bigger flare at the end.

Dope AF

Non-stop action and intrigue from start to finish. Great conclusion to the Trilogy. Tim Gerard Reynolds could read cooking books and i would listen

Great Story…But For The Kids.

I don’t know what it is with books in this genre putting the weight of all the world, or at least the kingdom, on the shoulders of kids. Maybe reading the story as an adult jades me to the naivety and ignorance of the kid/young adult characters in this story. The “should I,” or “shouldn’t I, or “If only I had…,” moments make me roll my eyes. And there were quite a few in this trilogy. But with that said, the development of the characters was pretty good. And the story kept me entertained enough to finish the trilogy. If you like this genre you’ll like these books. If you’re on the fence about kids being the main characters and dealing with all their ignorance, then just be aware this story has it plenty.
Did I like it? Yes. Would I recommend it? Yes. Hope this helps.