Sua Sponte

by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

The Rangers have descended on the Valley of Kings for the final assault on Sût the Undying. But first, Talker has to understand the creeping death coming for him, before it's too late.

433 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2025

About the author

JASON ANSPACH is the author of Galaxy's Edge, Wayward Galaxy, Forgotten Ruin. and more.

He lives in Puyallup, WA with his wife and their seven (not a typo) children.

Reviews

[Joe Goins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Worst book of the series

I really couldn't believe how bad this book was! Cut out the thousands of coffee references and constantly repeating Ranger Smash and half the book is gone. Out of thousands of books I've read, this is in the bottom five! The entire book was either beyond formulaic and predictable to the extreme or ridiculously repetitive. The authors started out with a pretty good idea and then made sure each book was worse than the one before. The exact same reason I quit reading their other sci-fi series. They couldn't pull off and ending so they blatantly plagiarized Star Wars. The Sargent Thor books are so far a step in the right direction but im sure given time that they will successfully destroy that story line too. Nothing but sad Ranger Porn and public masturbation.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

It seems that the reader complaints about Talker's coffee obsession got through to the authors, as it is even more reduced in this book. This is the big battle against the penultimate Big Bad, and despite the flawed narrator the pacing is good.

I am a big fan of nothing being unbeatable, and the Rangers and Air Force in this Ruin party show once again that enough hi-ex or kinetic energy will kill anything, magical or not. Dropping a 2000lb JDAM to make a whole in the bad guy's pyramid fortress/temple is just one example. One more book to fight the Nether Sorcerer, and this is where Sgt Thor splits off for his adventures. For him, think Conan with a .50cal sniper rifle and a magical sword. That's its own series though.

[Daybreak · Rating 2 out of 5]

what a dumpster fire this was, a book full of filler about the coffee and random ranger bs that author could pull out of his ass. the entire plot is about 50 pages and it doesn't start before the 50% mark in the book, also the last 30% is an ad about sgt.Thor novels so it's completely irrelevant. overall i give this one 1.5 🌟.

[Michael Hackerott · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Forgotten Ruin Series are FANTASTIC!

This is one of the best and my favorite series. The characters are excellent, the writing is excellent, and the stories are fantastic! I hope there are future books in this series. I highly recommend this series!!!

[Gabriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Talker gets around to figuring out what to

Talker gets around to figuring out what to do when they take the heat to Sut. Someday i wish we could read about all b
These ancient civilization

[Rob Graham · Rating 2 out of 5]

hate to say it

But this was honestly the weakest book in the series for me. I get what they were trying to do, but it was like reading an unmedicated ADHD fever dream. Which sucks cause this is honestly my favorite series by this group.

[Bernard Quandt · Rating 5 out of 5]

the party doesn't stop

Rangers and D&D Great characters twists and turns love this series
Keep them coming
Love it
It's even better the more it goes on

[RonalD · Rating 5 out of 5]

great story

Worth while reading
Makes me want more books with the Thor storyline.
Welcome to the ruin and the new edge

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like the rest of the books in this series they have entertaining ideas and godawful terrible writing.

[Charles Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best One

Best book in the series so far. Typical action packed. Humor. Touching story of the dying father connecting with his son. This book has a little of everything in it.