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Title: Scourge

Author: Gail Z. Martin

Narrator: Will Damron

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-17

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Epic new fantasy from the best-selling author of The Summoner.

In a city beset by monsters, three brothers must find out who is controlling the abominations. The city-state of Ravenwood is wealthy, powerful, and corrupt. Merchant princes and guild masters wager fortunes to outmaneuver League rivals for the king's favor and advantageous trading terms. Lord Mayor Ellor Machison wields assassins, blood witches, and forbidden magic to assure that his powerful patrons get what they want, no matter the cost.

Corran, Rigan, and Kell Valmonde are guild undertakers, left to run their family's business when guards murdered their father and monsters killed their mother. Their grave magic enables them to help souls pass to the After and banish vengeful spirits. Rigan's magic is unusually strong and enables him to hear the confessions of the dead, the secrets that would otherwise be taken to the grave.

When the toll exacted by monsters and brutal guards hits close to home and ghosts expose the hidden sins of powerful men, Corran, Rigan, and Kell become targets in a deadly game and face a choice: obey the Guild, or fight back and risk everything.

Members Reviews:

Excellent start for a new series

I received an ARC to review and was not paid for my opinion.

Gail Z Martin returns with a new dark fantasy series. In the world of Ravenwood there are so many ways to die and the Valmonde brothers have seen them all. They are undertakers in the family tradition. From cleaning up after monster kills and dispersing ghosts after hearing their confessions their business is brisk in the city. All deaths are considered necessary for keeping the balance of light and dark per the roving prophets in the city.

This novel again shows the author's wonderful wold building ability. Within this first novel the geography, political, and economics are established through a wonderfully built narrative. The characters all have their distinct personalities so conversations are easy to follow.

I'm really looking forward to novel 2 of this series and cannot recommend it highly enough. Gail Z Martin has proven herself a master of high fantasy so this book will delight fans of the genre.

Great Start to a New Series

Gail Z. Martinâs newest novel Scourge is a fantasy version of Supernatural. This story combining the familial relationship of brothers with monster hunting and more than a dash of political machinations and vile blood magic to craft yet another fine fantasy from this prolific writer. And while it does contain quite a bit of world building, it is sure to satisfy Martinâs fans and create more than a few new ones.

The linchpins of the tale are the Valmonde brothers; these three, young men having inherited the family business when their mother was horribly killed and their father died a mysterious death. Working as guild undertakers in the city-state of Ravenwood, Corran, Rigan, and Kell use rituals, religious ceremonies and more than a little magic to set the souls of the dead free and keep them from returning to the living as ghouls. But most of their time is spent arguing with one another, dealing with their personal issues, and desperately trying to make enough money to pay bribes to the city guard, yet still have enough left over to survive another day.

As for the brothersâ home city of Ravenwood, it isnât exactly what it seems from outside its gilded gates.