Throne Hunters 4

Throne Hunters #4

by Phil Tucker

The Twilight Crown has been stolen. Flutic's political order lies in ruins—and the Dungeon calls once more.

Harald's strike against Lord Gorkin shattered the city's fragile balance. Now, branded a murderer and bearer of the most coveted Artifact in Flutic, he and his companions are hunted by the Houses' deadliest Silver-ranked killers. Forced to flee into the depths, the Throne Hunters descend through shadow and madness.

To survive, they must emerge stronger, stranger—and far more dangerous.

But power brings no safety. Every Throne ascended, every Artifact claimed, every enemy slain, draws Harald closer to a destiny that terrifies the Houses and tempts the Abyss.

Betrayal awaits in the city's heart. The game is no longer one of survival—it is one of dominion.

And Harald has begun to play for keeps.

Genres: Fantasy, Litrpg

574 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2025

About the author

Thanks for visiting my page! I'm Phil Tucker, a Brazilian/Brit who currently resides in Asheville, NC, where I resist the siren call of the forests and mountains to sit inside and hammer away on my laptop.

Reviews

[Khalid Abdul-Mumin]

Has really come into itself, simply awesome! As expected from Phil...

[Joseph Doan]

Not only Phil Tuckers best offering yet from start to finish, but the 4th installment of this series has become my favorite single fantasy novel and the point in which Phil Tucker becomes my favorite author, beating out the likes of Steven Erickson, Janny Wurts, and R Scott Bakker.

Quality: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Distinguished)

Pro's

I listened to this in audiobook and I noticed no continuity errors in the manuscript. Very, very clean, professional work from Mr. Tucker. The narrative in this one feels like a thousand page series finale with its deft turns and ballsy twists. It starts and ends with very high tension and excitement, while the middle consisted of some fantastic character arcs and developments. I cannot stress enough how much happens in this book.

On the themes side, we get some big picture views on the corruption of power, socialist values, and loving friendship.

Con's

Nothing major. It just doesn't quite reach the level of prose, depth and narrative roundness you might get from some of the biggest names in literature. I would caution Phil to not use so many instances of "How are you holding up?" To lubricate and introduce his cross delving-team character dialogue sections. It is a little bit repetitive though it started to feel charming by the end of this one.

Enjoyment: ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (obsessed)

This is the most fun reading experience I've ever had. Everyone in my life is tired of hearing me talk about this already.

Recommendation: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Read it yesterday)

If you read fantasy and haven't read this series, here's your notice. The genre has a new king of fun.

Conclusion

I'm immediately jumping into Phil's Patreon to get caught up on the series. If you are cautioned to read an unfinished series, I would recommend Phil as a very dependable and trustworthy author with an extreme work ethic and infinite void full of ideas. He will also be finishing the series in 2026, so now is a great time to jump in and pace yourself till the finish.

Overall score: 4.66⭐ (Rounded to 5 star) (Masterpiece)

[Ty MaC]

4.4/5

Story is finally starting to get really interesting.

[Kyle]

Not sure I liked this one, feeling a little indifferent. A lot of things worked out because they had to for the story to continue, not because the characters did anything.

The whole crown story was pretty poor. The political plans they kept coming up with were half baked and naive at best. The politics only work from the viewpoint of the main character not understanding politics, him actually trying to do anything is a bit of an eye roll. Vic is also kind of annoying with his surface level understanding of socialism. It's all knee jerk decisions and no depth. It took up too much time with a poorly written/explored story thread.

The author does a lot better writing the adventurer stuff not political dramas.

Far too much emphasis and power is being put into presence and ego stats. Essentially you can remove other people's agency by having presence high enough like your the purple man. If it were the case everyone would be maxxing it and controlling people.

[Quentanna]

Will comeback later with a proper review but had to say I wish Harald got with Nessa instead or even Anna. Sam is just to much of an obvious choice especially with their shared history. She just act to motherly for my liking and with her literally being his slave make the relationship dubious at most like Stockholm syndrome. Honestly I felt like the entire series was pushing towards the Nessa route then turn a sharp curve to dive all in with Sam. If we wanted dubious relationships should’ve done Sam and Vic now that would’ve been interesting especially with their clashing personalities.

[Jonathan Oakes]

the best installment so far

If you have made it this far into this series then there isn’t much for me to tell. I will say this is my favorite book in the series to date. I’ll even go so far as to retract one of my criticisms of the previous books. I originally felt the story became choppy at times. However, as the story has progressed I have grown to appreciate that intentional nature of this. It fits with the characters perilous situations and reflects their imperfect ability to deal with them. All in all a great read.

[Konstantin Samoylov]

Less interesting than previous books to me. The book characters wanted to reorganise the society and immediately jumped to Socialism:
- redistribute the wealth
- progressive taxation
- kill all who oppose because they must be evil
- total control over power
- when all fails, blame everyone

There were some views that were not so trivial, but the perspective on the social order felt too primitive.

[Angela]

I'm having a really good time with this series but now I'm all caught up and having to wait for the next book like everyone else. I'm looking forward to seeing how things go and while I'm not too happy with the new romantic relationship, it does make sense from both power and shared history perspective. I still think both characters deserved better but who knows what the long term outcome will be for either character. Here's hoping that book 5 shows up before 2028.

[Tyler Woodley]

Phil does it again!

Fantastic book. Grips you from the beginning and doesn’t stop! The battle between good and evil, corruption of man, and the people trying to make it all better. Love it! I know Phil has been pumping these out but I cannot wait for the next one!! Keep it up sir we love it!

[Kevin Dyson]

Another fantastic installation to Throne Hunters

I can’t believe this series doesn’t have 10x more reviews than it does. It easily competes with some of the most notable LitRPGs and Progression Fantasy series. I hope these keep coming at the speed they have been, they are even better than the Immortal Great Souls books!

[Austin Yates]

Phil's done it again!

Every time I think the plot has been shaken as hard as it can, Harald and co find a way to wrestle heaven and earth and prove me wrong, all while maintaining reasonable consequences and outcomes for the actions as presented. Loved this book, love this series, thanks Phil.

[Jared Smith]

Phil Tucker evolves his characters as required for the plot instead of the other way around. As a result, many character actions and motivations feel forced and inconsistent. I can't quite take my eyes away from the meddling god of the machine and be engrossed in the story. .

I kind of like it anyway. Maybe something is wrong with me.

[Adam Roberts]

Well. Things went to heck in a hand basket in Flutic.

We all knew it was coming after the last book. And it did! After trying to avoid it, the houses are all fighting each other, but we got a deeper insight into the dungeon and the war there. And a few surprises as well! Also progression, which is always appreciated!

[Laeth George]

Even better

Not sure how Phil does it, but this book is even better than the last. Harold and the gang experience more growth, character development, we learn more about the world/broader conflict, and there are some twists/turns. Highly recommend the series to all!

[Toni]

Solid book but the action scenes are becoming harder to follow as the characters obtain more abilities. I'm not sure what's the best solution to this but I feel just adding a list of all the character's abilities won't be enough.

[Kevin]

each book keeps building faster and faster!

Rarely do books keep building upon each other getting more interesting as the story continues. Often times it’s slight variations but not here. Phil Tucker is a genius and I love his work. Highly recommend.

[Mark]

Phil Tucker seems to be on a kick to give a redemption arc to all his characters. Thankfully this wasn't as goody-two-shoes as the recent Immortal Great Souls so there is still tension between the main characters.

[Nelson Godbolt]

review to appease the algorithm gods

Authors always says reviews help their books thrive, so here I am.
Honestly, a great book. Things have picked up considerably since the first book and the last one ended in a bloody sprint. Thing book continued to carry the fire.

[Samantha A Griffin]

I enjoyed it most of it. I lost interest with the whole political side quest, felt like it went on way too long. Started to get bored. Also Vic's righteous anger was starting to get on my nerves. low key thought some betrayal was about to happen . any can't wait for book 5. I'm invested .

[Rex]

Loved it

Well Phil just keeps amazing me. I love Harald and The Throne Hunters. I'm so glad to see him and Sam work things out. I'm going to start the last book of the series but I'm sure I'll wish there were more. Please Phil keep doing what you do best so we can all enjoy it.

[Jalebano]

Knowing this series will end...

hurts already! I continue to marvel at the delightful twists and turns of this saga. Real craftsmanship at work throughout. Tucker is a perfectionist with a wild heart.

[Theo Senekal]

Awesome !

This is one of the best progression series I have read.Awesome story awsome charatersSimply- damn good series - cant wait for the next one!!

[Christopher]

Another great entry in the series, but I will say that the timeline is starting to move so fast that I think this entire book encompassed like three days, which feels a bit extreme.

[Logan Hartman]

Great!

Great as always from Tucker. Can’t wait to read many more of his books. He has several fantastic series with reading.

[Umar Khan]

fantastic four

Throne hunters is a great series and tucker has cemented that with a blockbuster fourth entry. I look forward to the next one

[Jac Rossiter]

This book brought the series to a new peak

I’ve got to say that this book is my favourite in the series. The pacing especially was exceptional, you’re in for a rollercoaster ride!

[Matsidi Lionel Kekane]

The best book in the series.

[Brian]

Another great book by Phil Tucker.

However, the 'Presence' and 'Ego' character attributes are dumb. (Ego is similar to 'Arete' attribute in "Dawn Of The Void", and I also object to it here)

On the plus side Tucker didn't use Charisma and Wisdom, he created something more unique. But Presence is even worse than Charisma! At least with Charisma you can flub an encounter, say something dumb, and people won't be impressed; with Presence you are just automatically awesome to people with lower stats. They are compelled to obey in some cases. Ego also contributes to a dissatisfying foundation under the story and characters.

Imagine a scene where characters have Ego 10 (average) and Presence 20 (high). Put em in a room together and they'd be like: "Bob, you're so amazing! I'd do anything for you." and Bob would reply, "No Mary, you're amazing, I'm devoted to you." And then they wouldn't get anything done.

Also - a lot of the character growth could be accomplished in other ways in the story, not with magical mental steroids. Not satisfying. The characters have new powers and responsibilities, so they have a new sense of purpose. And they have a good team of friends working together, all that could make a huge difference in someone's previously more troubled, less successful life.

One of the things I like is the main characters discuss plans to deal with their serious troubles, and then lots of their plans don't work out. They adapt, or they decide not to do some bad things.

Also some fun fights and monsters.

[Jordan Vassel]

4.25

[Kat]

4.5 stars. Lots of plot twists that I didn't see coming and excellent team bonding.