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  • Songs of Chaos, Book 3
  • Written by: Michael R. Miller
  • Narrated by: Peter Kenny
  • Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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Defiant

Written by: Michael R. Miller
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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Publisher's Summary

The great powers are stirring, and Holt and Ash are ready to return to the fight.

A summons from the Life Elder sets them on a perilous mission, leading to steaming jungles and blistering islands where ancient secrets will challenge everything they know of magic and dragons. 

Talia, the Red Queen, is beset on all sides by pirate raiders and marauding mercenaries. Empress Skadi has abandoned her, battling uprisings in her own lands. As the noose tightens on Feorlen, Talia faces a difficult choice: let her people suffer or turn her powers against mortal foes?

Osric Agravain has found hope with his newly bonded black dragon, but some wounds run deeper than flesh and bone. Along the Fallow Frontier, he seeks the inner peace that has long eluded him. 

And within the sanctum at Falcaer, Paragon Adaskar is struggling to unite the fracturing riders. If he fails, ruinous chaos will break across the world.

For when Elders and Paragons quarrel, kingdoms will fall.

©2023 Michael R. Miller (P)2023 Michael R. Miller

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Another great entry

The stakes continue to escalate in a believable and engaging way, and the world is expanding into an ongoing mystery. Looking forward to future entries!

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With every new book I like it more!

Every new book in this series I love the story more and more. I feel for the characters and can't wait to listen to the rest of the series. Considering listening to other series by this writer too now.

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cannot wait for next book!

beautiful story! I've become super attached to the characters. it's great writing and great narration

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Great Story

Audible recommended the first book to me based on other stuff I have listened to, and I'm glad it did. I'm really loving the series and can't wait to see where it goes from here!

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Great

I really wanted more time with Holts' perspective and struggled with impatience during the others! But overall, this book is mostly a good building of the tensions happening in the world towards their tipping points while having just enough feel-good bits to leave you feeling alright at the end.

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Amazing story!!!

Can’t wait to get my hands on the 5e books and can’t wait for the next two books to come out!!!!

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I loved the character development!

Pulls you in and doesn't let go.I can't wait for the fourth book! All the different characters are exactly what you would find and one big crazy family

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A book worth savouring

This was a hard book to get through. Not because it's bad. Not by any stretch. It was fantastic. I savoured every minute of this book. It was emotionally difficult.

At the end, when Holt and Ash said their sense sharing phrase, I got goosebumps. So good!

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truly awesome

great 3rd book in and I had to listen to it again to ensure I understood what happened. overall a very good series.

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Miller puts his soul into this one and it shows

Michael R. Miller’s new novel Defiant is a love letter to the fantasy genre, and as the author matures in his craft, so does his characters. The third novel of the Song’s of Chaos series takes a deeper dive into the lore of a world filled with magic, dragons, and monsters, and explores the real-life themes of prejudice, politics, zealots and the human condition.

In this book the main characters wrestle with the weight of their actions. Some grow beautifully as a result, while others fall into prisons of their own making. Every chapter requires your attention, not because it is a laborious read, but rather because the author is able to enrapture you into the story.
Miller deals with the light and darkness of the soul in this novel, and how one can be redeemed through being honest with oneself. He also plays the audience’s emotions like a lute, taking you on an unpredictable ride that leaves you hungry for more.

This young author has a brilliant future, and his characters are nuanced and complex enough to feel real.

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