The Lonesome Crown
Ratings11
Average rating4.3
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Ratings11
Average rating4.3
A sweeping epic fantasy weaving both destiny and ancient magic in this masterful final novel in the beloved Five Warrior Angels trilogy from 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 unravelling 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 trilogy which Booklist raved as “high fantasy in the vein of Stephen R. Donaldson or David Eddings, with generous helpings from George R. R. Martin.”
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3 primary booksThe Five Warrior Angels is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Brian Lee Durfee.
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This is now in my top series of all time.. and this third book was amazing. Gripes you from the get go and I could not put it down. Lots of twists I did not see coming, gasps “did that just happen?!”, EPIC battle scenes, and actually quite a lot of laughing out loud as well as there are some very funny characters who still manage to be funny even in the midst of an crazy and brutal 2 day battle.
I will say if you do not like blood, gore, or cussing this is not the series/book for you... if you like a little grimdark in your life than I could not recommend this enough!! It is criminally underrated and I hope more people discover this and love it as much as I do.
Also just want to note that the audiobooks are phenomenal, Tim Gerard Reynolds does an amazing job. Unfortunately the this third book is not yet available in audio but I will definitely be doing a reread of this in the future and will pick that up.
Satisfying end of the trilogy. Epic, violent, and not quite what you expect.
Absolutely impossible to give this series anything less than 5 stars. Just an outstanding series and incredibly underrated. The fact that it doesn't have at least 20,000+ reviews and a movie deal is beyond me. I can only assume poor marketing is the ONLY reason Durfee's books aren't getting more recognition because everything else is flawless. I still haven't finished several popular fantasy series but as of right now The Five Warrior Angels is officially my #3 fantasy series of all time, behind ASOIAF and Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
Brian, if you ever read this, PLEASE write a prequel series, standalone, novella...anything!
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