The Shining Court

Sun Sword Series, Book 3

By: Michelle West

Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm

In the Dominion, those allied with the demons of the Shining Court feared the bargain they'd made. For to the kialli, betrayal was a way of life, and every action was a means to gain greater power. And as the Festival of the Moon approached, the demon kin began to prey upon those in the Tor Leonne. But more frightening than their presence was their "gift" for the Festival, masks created not by human craftsmen, but by the kialli. Even the magic and knowledge of the greatest of the Dominion's Widan had been unable to discern what trap the masks contained - and time to discover and avert this menace was running out.

In the Empire, the armies were mobilizing for war. But before they carried the battle to the Dominion, Seer Jewel ATerafin would be forced to follow her own destiny. For what she'd seen in vision, she could not deny. And so Jewel, with only Avander to guard her back, would abandon House Terafin on the eve of its greatest peril and journey into the darkness which was fast overshadowing the mortal lands.

And among the Voyani, the moment had come to make their final stand against Allasakar, Lord of the Hells, for they alone had kept to the old ways, guarding the ancient knowledge. But hounded by their enemies, and with one their greatest treasures hidden in the Tor Leonne, could they withstand the power of the Shining Court?

©1999 Michelle Sagara (P)2019 Tantor

Fantastic piece in the series.

I’m not in love with the narrator. While she seems to be better than in the first book, I find her voice and attempts at other voices grating.

The Sun Sword Series

I listened to all three books. The story was fun and gripping. I loved all of the books, but was a little disappointed with the final two chapters of the third and final book. The series developed fabulous and deep characters over great lengths of time, and then I feel too many shortcuts and simplistic parallel storylines were artificially wrapped up in an anticlimactic manner. I still loved the books, but wish the ending(s) lived up to the great quality of 90+ chapters in this trilogy.

Please record books 4-6

Loved the book. Love the series. I need the rest of this series recorded so I can finish and then move on to the other related series!

Amazing

You have to start with the House War series, or you will be lost.

Love this series. Michelle brings an amazing world to life with the characters and all the details.

Where are the next three books?!?!

Michelle West is a phenomenal talent, as is Eva Wilhelm. Why on earth would a publisher only record the first three audio books in a six book series? It’s confounding and maddening.

Be prepared for useless dialogue

Overall the story was good but the author likes to ramble on with useless thoughts that add nothing to the story.

So many characters

The book seem to drag for the first half. I think this dragging is caused by the many, many characters the author introduces us to. I frankly couldn't decide what is main and secondary characters and of the main characters I found little to care about them.

The author tried to be mysterious and avoid saying as much as possible while filling her word requirement, this unfortunately left the narrative crawling and muddle because the author seems to forget when a scene is occurring and tends to skips between time periods within a single scene. The author seems to favour purple prose that doesn't move the story forward but only spins in it a circle.