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The Wizard's Crown

Written by: Michael G. Manning
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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Will’s journey from naïve apprentice to a mature wizard is almost complete, and his ever-growing mastery has reached unseen heights.

But his power does not exist in a vacuum. His rising star threatens to eclipse the existing powers and a new balance must be found, one that either accepts his primacy or extinguishes his light.

After Will’s resounding successes in the war with Darrow, the king plots to eliminate his young rival. Driven to desperation, Will is forced to negotiate for scraps between four brokers of power:

An ancient lich driven by vengeance, the fae queen—to whom all are just pawns in a deadly game, a nervous lord of Hell—because Will may have killed his predecessor, twice, and a primal beast—feared above all.

With mortal enemies as his allies, Will must survive to face the king...and the deadly secret he plans to unleash. Ancient foes have risen and the final battle has begun. With the world hanging in the balance, king and wizard clash, but only one can wear the Wizard’s Crown.

©2022 Michael G. Manning (P)2022 Podium Audio

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Depressing

I couldn’t get myself to finish this book, it’s so depressing. I loved the first 4 books and was really excited for this one, but I got more depressed the deeper I got into it. Performance of the reader was outstanding though.

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Oof

Avoid at all cost, Author just throws away everything over the past 4 books with little thought

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Rushed and pretty terrible...

All the characters changed completely. Most of the main characters from the series didn't make much of an appearance in this one. One favorite had basically one short interaction at the end of the book. Pretty disappointed in on all levels except Tim Gerard Reynolds was great as always.

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Don't read

Do not read this book if you like the story and the characters the author ruins everything

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Daenerys Targaryen has randomly burned the city.

The performance was outstanding. Applause for Mr. Reynolds! The action was exciting, but telegraphed in spots. Which is fine.

But the end-game plot and seemingly random character motivations ruined the series for me.

It felt like watching the final episode of Game Of Thrones where a few main characters of the series have motivations and reactions that just don't work with the rest of the series.

Most of the book is great. But the artificial-feeling ending leaves you feeling hollow, and cheated because the character flaws felt conveniently made up.

Like TV's Game Of Thrones, or LOST, you're left thinking "I came all this way for nothing?!"

I don't think a future book 6 would be able fix the damage done to the characters. I just don't like them anymore.

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It felt rushed and the characters were mishandled

An unfortunate ending to a good story and interesting world. Characters personalities did complete 180s and there was so many loose ends I could have knitted a blanket with them. It's a shame because the world, characters and general mechanics of the world were very interesting until this rushed ending.

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Terrible final book

Just reiterating what so many others have said. There is enough material to write 2 more books easily, but it’s hastily packed into one and therefore a lot of information feels left out. Plus the ending sucks, regardless of it being a happy or sad ending. It’s just bad.

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I wish I hadn’t started this series

I can’t say enough how disappointed I am in this book. All the other books in the series were Brilliant. It felt like the author was just tired of it all and just ended it in the worst possible way. I wish I had listen to the other reviews and just never finish the series. I think I’d be less angry that way. Not every story. Has to have a happy ending, but it should have an end. This is the most incomplete story ending. I’ve heard in years.

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Try Again

I don't know what is going on in Michael's life or why he changed the character's perspective so drastically, but he needs to fire whoever said that he could publish this and try again.

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Not the ending I wanted

First off id like to say this book is quite good, pretty much the same quality as the previous books but the ending of this book was rough but with a little happiness, I would say tho the MC pretty much got what he always wanted in the end but with a lot of heartache. Now that I look back and think about the plot throughout this series this is the only logical way this story could have finished. I do recommend you finish this book to complete the series even tho many people are unhappy with the ending aka not getting happily ever after. I assume its never easy to end an epic series like this for any author but Michael pulled it off.

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