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  • Seal of the Worm

  • Shadows of the Apt, Book 10
  • By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Narrated by: Ben Allen
  • Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (128 ratings)
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Seal of the Worm

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Summary

Seal of the Worm is the tenth and final book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

An ancient enemy stirs once more....

The Empire has vanquished its enemies at last, but at a terrible price. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress Seda must face the truth of what she’s unleashed in her hunger for power. Now the Seal has been shattered, the ancient Worm stirs towards the light for the first time in a thousand years. Already it is striking at the surface, consuming everything in its voracious path. Unchecked, it will ravage the world.

As her victory seems hollow indeed, Seda knows that only the most extreme solution can lock the Worm in the dark once more. But if she’ll go to such horrific lengths to save them all from the Worm, who’ll save the world from her?

Start the epic journey with Empire in Black and Gold, the first book in the Shadows of the Apt series. 

©2021 Adrian Tchaikovsky (P)2021 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd

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Wow, fantastic ending to an awesome series

Just finished and I am pretty much speechless. This whole series has been outstanding this book in particular, incredible. This book, for much of it was so intense in story, having many parallels to the real world atrocities of WWII meant it was a little emotionally hard to take at times, but the intensity made the ending all the more sweet. Great author, and great narrator. Thanks to both.

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Sad to see it end

Not quite as good as I had hoped the last book to be, doesn't change the fact it still wasn't enjoyable.

Ben Allen will be one I will watch out for narrating other stories. Probably one of the best I've heard so far.

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A great ending.

Rounded off the whole tale perfectly. Absolutely loved this whole series of books. and Ben Allen's narration was frankly phenomenal all the way through.

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An excellent end to an amazing series.

The final addition to the Shadows of the Apt series masterfully shows Adrian Tchaikovsky's skill in creating worlds and culminates in a very entertaining and satisfying end.

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Brilliant

Last of the 10.
As good as all the others.
Shadows of the Apt is a quite brilliant piece of work.
Loved it.

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exquisite

Absolutely loved the whole decalogy. I have laughed, I have wept, I have cheered, I have cursed along with all my now become friends: Stan The Warmaster and all his dears, foes, comrades. I will miss extremely talented Ben's voice.

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Excellent Performance of a engrossing story

The shadow of the Apt world is vast in scope full of depth, mysteries and complete characters. The story does the world and characters justice. The performance by Ben Allan is the best I have had the pleasure to hear.

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Great conclusion to an excellent series!

This series is just incredible & deserved a great finale and this delivers. Massive credit to the narrator. He adds so much life to the characters in these audio books and brings it all to life

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Perfect ending

I admit I was worried about how this series was going to be wrapped up to end but my worries were unfounded.

Superb story,. Superb characters. And a conclusion that tied up every loose end.

The last sentence was the perfect ending.

I never thought I’d read another book series that reached double digits but it was recommended to me and it has Adrian Tchaikovsky’s name on the cover. Only the latter is the. only reason you need to invest the time required to start this.

I’m going to miss Stemold, Che, Tynesa, Thalric, Tisamon, Eujen, Straessa,Taki and everyone else.

Ben Allen’s performance has been faultless. Every character has been distinct and consistently played.

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A masterpiece

this is an incredible finale to an amazing series of books. the who story had me in laughter, tears and angst. I want more. everything written by him is amaziy.

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