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  • The Covenant of Steel, Book 3
  • By: Anthony Ryan
  • Narrated by: Steven Brand
  • Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (99 ratings)
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The Traitor

By: Anthony Ryan
Narrated by: Steven Brand
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Summary

The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.

It's been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he's now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they've won countless battles and helped to bring order to a fractured kingdom.

Yet Evadine is not the woman Alwyn once knew. As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith, Alwyn begins to question what her true motives really are.

As the kingdom braces itself for one final battle, Alwyn's conscience fights its own war with his heart. Now, more than ever, he must decide whose side he's really on.

Books by Anthony Ryan

Raven's Shadow
Blood Song
Tower Lord
Queen of Fire

Raven's Blade
The Wolf's Call
The Black Song

Draconis Memoria
The Waking Fire
The Legion of Flame
The Empire of Ashes

The Covenant of Steel
The Pariah
The Martyr
The Traitor

Writing as A. J. Ryan

Red River Seven

©2023 Anthony Ryan (P)2023 Hachette Audio

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Great conclusion

Great conclusion to the trilogy, Anthony Ryan has done it again. I can see Alwyn resurfacing in the future.....can't wait

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The tale continues

The life of a scribe continues to show itself convoluted! Well read - though at times the recording jumps which breaks the spell.

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a brilliant story to make your life better than you thought when you woke up ,

The narrator perfect and the way it made you never have rest and contemplate ignorance.

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Brilliant climax

Once again we are given a window into the most tumultuous of times in a sprawling landscape richly populated with cultures and complex characters for whom justice does not always prevail.
Protagonists and antagonists change before our eyes as they struggle, suffer and learn. Coming to a huge climax that for many, is bittersweet.
Sometimes a fully invested reader mourns the end of a journey such as this, and I have that feeling now, and yet it feels like the right place to finish and allow the characters to live out their days unobserved by us voyeurs, while knowing that the story is never truly over.

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Great story

a great trilogy well narrated and kept me interested throughout with relatable characters and places

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A change of style from the first two books.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but for my taste, it didn't match up to the first two books of the trilogy due to
the change of emphasis towards the spiritual / magical.

Although the denouement worked, it often felt like the author needed a convenient ending to this trilogy whilst setting up the next one rather than it being a natural conclusion.

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Excellent and a fitting end.

I've enjoyed all of the series and this draws it to a fulfilling and epic conclusions. More please Mr Ryan.

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Good trilogy

Enjoyed the story but would have liked a slightly longer ending tying up things a bit neater. Good trilogy overall. Narrator struggled with accents and consistency but didn't detract too much.

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Masterful

An exciting and fitting end to the covenant of steel series.
I laughed and I cried, and I didn't want it to end

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Tremendous ending to Alwyn’s story

Or is it? Looking forward to more - keep them coming. Narration top notch as ever

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