Rebel, Pawn, King

Of Crowns and Glory #4

by Morgan Rice

“Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons) REBEL, PAWN, KING is book #4 in Morgan Rice’s bestselling epic fantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY, which begins with SLAVE, WARRIOR, QUEEN (Book #1). 17 year old Ceres, a beautiful, poor girl from the Empire city of Delos, wakes to find herself imprisoned. Her army destroyed, her people captured, the rebellion quashed, she has to somehow pick up the pieces after being betrayed. Can her people ever rise again? Thanos sails for the Isle of Prisoners, thinking Ceres is alive, and finds himself in a trap of his own. In his dangerous voyage he remains tormented by the idea of Stephania, alone, with his child, and feels torn over his life’s path. Yet as he struggles to return to Delos, to find both of his loves, he encounters a betrayal so great, his life can never be the same again. Stephania, a woman scorned, does not sit idly back. She turns all the power of her fury on the ones she loves the most—and her treachery, the most dangerous of all, may be what finally brings the kingdom down for good. REBEL, PAWN, KING tells an epic tale of tragic love, vengeance, betrayal, ambition, and destiny. Filled with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding action, it transports us into a world we will never forget, and makes us fall in love with fantasy all over again. “An action packed fantasy sure to please fans of Morgan Rice’s previous novels, along with fans of works such as The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini…. Fans of Young Adult Fiction will devour this latest work by Rice and beg for more.” --The Wanderer, A Literary Journal (regarding Rise of the Dragons) Book #5 in OF CROWNS AND GLORY will be released soon!

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Ebooks, Romance, Audiobook, Roman

163 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 15, 2016

About the author

Morgan Rice is the #1 bestselling and USA Today bestselling author of the epic fantasy series THE SORCERER’S RING, comprising seventeen books; of the #1 bestselling series THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS, comprising twelve books; of the #1 bestselling series THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY, a post-apocalyptic thriller comprising three books; of the epic fantasy series KINGS AND SORCERERS, comprising six books; of the epic fantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY, comprising 8 books; of the new epic fantasy series A THRONE FOR SISTERS, comprising eight books (and counting); and of the new science fiction series THE INVASION CHRONICLES. Morgan’s books are available in audio and print editions, and translations are available in over 25 languages.

TURNED (Book #1 in the Vampire Journals), ARENA ONE (Book #1 of the Survival Trilogy), A QUEST OF HEROES (Book #1 in the Sorcerer’s Ring) and RISE OF THE DRAGONS (Kings and Sorcerers—Book #1) are each available as free downloads!

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Reviews

[♥ℂĦℝΪՖƬΪℕÅ · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 Consequences ★'s

“As brightest day does turn to night, so love to hate can spin.”

Buddy read with Nancy :)

Lord give me the strength to go forth with this series, for I need all the help I can get.

Do you ever have a problem writing reviews for each book in a long series? I feel like I should just copy and paste the same review on each of these books instead of trying to spin the same words over and over again but into different sentences. Because really they are all about the same just slightly better or worse than the last. So here I am again... repeating myself.

Rebel, Pawn, King was pretty disappointing, to say the least! It was just more of the same. Throughout 4 books now if it's not Prince Thanos its Ceres and if it's not one of the two then it's Ceres brother Sartes being captured and escaping but truthfully it's usually all three! The best way to describe this series so far it's one big game of cat and mouse; captured, escape, captured, escape and on and on it goes. Plus its epic battle after epic battle after yet another epic battle. I'm having a hard time believing that ANYONE would still be alive. Seriously how is EVERYONE on both sides not dead? Also, after all the slaughtering and burning of villages that Prince Lucious has done I don't know how there are even peasants left for the Empire to lord over! Another thing that is a constant is the fact that EVERYONE is ALWAYS fighting to stay alive. It's like they're stuck on a loop and it's utterly irritating, unbelievable and it's getting tiring.

I can't believe I'm saying this but seeing as how I do have all of the books I might as well keep going plus it's not like any of these books are over 200 pages, therefore, they fly by so quickly. Moving right on to the next book Soldier, Brother, Sorcerer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[✨faith✨trust✨pixiedust✨ Dead Account; Not Coming Back · Rating 5 out of 5]

So I’m shook but I’ll live. Honestly, this series went from junk food to a tasty snack so insidiously that I’m left here reeling. Besides some repetitive set pieces and the usual level of iffy editing, this was kind of amazing.

The characters really shone in this. Like, even the ones who were high-key caricatures before were actually solidly built, layered individuals. THE KING!!!!!!!! Lucious!! Stephania’s continued character arc (sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse)!! And the new character Felene was honestly an icon. She could stab me and I’d thank her for it.

To use the favorite word of the annoying kid in my 4th grade class: I’m flabbergasted. This is only book 4 out of 8. What insanity awaits me? Whatever it is, I’m ready.

[Wonda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously, this roller-coaster ride is something else...I can't put this series down!!! I mean, I have to at the moment, because Hoopla is stingy with its borrows but anyway...Such great characters, and storylines...And Here I almost gave up on Morgan Rice!

[J Jahir · Rating 4 out of 5]

cuarto libro, mitad de la serie "de coronas y gloria", y han pasado cosas muy fuertes e injustas para con Ceres (no me esperaba la muerte de Anca y del rey Claudio justo cuando ya iba a reivindicarse y hacer las cosas bien... aunque claro que era evidente que la cosa no saldría bien, o de lo contrario no habría 4 libros más jaja)
Las batallas siguen siendo tremendas, esa que ocurrió en el stade fue intensa a más no poder. Si bien, hasta este punto fue tomando acción, porque los primeros capítulos fueron apenas flojos hasta que poco a poco fue despegando.
Estefanía por otro lado ya tomó el papel que llevaba desde un principio... ahora es peor porque está despechada por lo que hizo Thanos, así que no se tentará el corazón para dañar a Ceres y a la rebeilión. Dios mío, qué intensidad lo que piensa hacer!
Estoy que me quedo intrigado por ver cómo avanza la cosa, pero de a poquito que tampoco hay demasiada prisa, además que la estoy leyendo con el grupo en la cafetería de Audrey. hay que ver lo que se pueda venir.

[Tomer · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first book had some major issue of rushing things into a short quite unrealistic period. The following books improved both with their pace as well as laying more setbacks along the protagonists paths. Nonetheless it had reached a situation where bad timing reached such a peak where almost everything that can go wrong due to a few minutes lost or the lack of rumors about new events fail to reach each other that it starts to be exhausting. I would like to see more characters development as mot characters continue to act the same except for short periods of confusion, which slip over outside of the pages..

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had to abandon this series half way through book 5. I can’t take Thanos’s stupidity anymore.

[Emilie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every hero in this series is fighting for their life. All. The. Time. At every single moment in the series. The stakes are set high, for an epic battle, then another higher-stakes epic battle, then another higher-stakes epic battle... and so on. This was a nice page-turner for the first book or two, but now after 4 books... it's a little tough to keep that pace going. I'm having trouble believing that, after all the previous battles, there are still people alive in the armies on both sides.
Plus, the novels are pretty slim, so they go by quickly, and then I have to buy another, and another...

It's still entertaining to read, but for now I'm taking a little break. ;)

[Bek Bound By Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solid book by Morgan Rice. With every book I get more and more addicted to seeing what will happen next!

Overall: 4.25 ⭐️

[Camilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Things get darker and a lot more worrisome for our favorite characters. There is so much death and so much danger and no character is safe. The story covers a lot of heroism and sacrifice, two noble concepts that help to make it bearable to read all of the destruction and viciousness. I'm dying to see Stephania get her comeuppance and it is absolutely astounding how she is able to wriggle her way out of problems. Sometimes I am even persuaded to feel compassion for her and then she does another unforgivable thing and I remember why she is the ever-loving worst. I am deeply invested in this story line and I believe the writing improves as the story progresses. There always seems to be another trial and another miracle and the story marches on at a fast clip, keeping me entertained and on my toes.

[Yessenia Andaverde · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so fed up with Thanos. I'm about to finish the book, the king is dying and Thanos found him. I can already see him being seen as the king-killer. How more stupid can this author make him be?
First Stephania, which made me mad at each of their scenes together, at each time Thanos contemplated her as his wife, when he thought of going back for her, and now this.
I love Ceres. This book would be so much better with only her as lead character. I liked the first book better, with mostly her POV. Thanos is too stupid to continue alive.
Also, there have been no interactions between Thanos and Ceres since book 1. I can't see them as a couple anymore, and I wish Ceres would forget about him. He has only caused her grief. I hope now that she knows about him and Stephania, she will let him go.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I continue to enjoy this series - I do think the one thing with Morgan's series is they tend to take too many turns that lead to a little wandering in the story line. If they were shortened with the plot it would lead to even a better read. That said I am waiting for the next book.

[Antoinette Lewis · Rating 2 out of 5]

No man I can't bother with the ring marrow. Around and around in circles Ceres escape she got captured. Her brother was captured escaped, captured and on and on same with with Thanos.

Everything thing they do irrationally without thinking. Going through the gate without a signal planned by the rebels that cause so many of Lord West men and himself to die and get torture.

The mount of people died in the series so far I am shocked that any citizens of Delos is left to be ruled after the wake of Lucious' cruelty and tyranny.

[Nellasue · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed most of this series

But this is starting to be too far drawn out. I finished this book in a Couple of hours because I skimmed trying to find out the important information. It was disappointing to get to the end only to be left hanging once again and have to wait what...another year to find the next course of action. By then I will have forgotten most of the series.

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Starting to believe that the author wants us to suffer with the characters, need more story in the book, not sure if it's a too many central characters or not enough pages issue...

[Brooke Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holy smokes! When you think it can't get worse..

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of violence & cruelty in this one. Really makes you hate a couple of the characters.

Language: 0/5
Sex: 0/5
Violence: 3/5

[美津子 Mitsuko Mitsi 佐々木 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 Estrellas.

La historia mejora bastante de su antecesor entrega. Aunque si he de admitir que en ciertas ocasiones se torna repetitiva y un poco aburrida.

Pero en esta entrega iniciamos donde termino el último libro con ese giro de trama donde Ceres se ve envuelta en la desesperación por querer ayudar y no poder hacer nada respecto a los sucesos.

Hay algunos acontecimientos donde personajes de peso y relevancia sufren las consecuencias de la tiranía de Lucios.

Por otro lado nos volvemos a topar con capítulos narrados desde la perspectiva y acontecimientos de distintos personajes, siendo en este libro de el Rey Claudio con cierto personaje, el capítulo más relevante y con un giro de trama demasiado espectacular y hace que desde ese momento el libro y la historia solamente suba y suba.

También tenemos nuevos personajes, siendo el de Felene uno de mis favoritos.

La rebelión está a la vuelta de la esquina y todos los personajes que hemos conocido a lo largo de las entregas pasadas se van entrelazado más y más.

También se nos revelan más secretos que tienen peso y relevancia en la historia y hacia dónde puede dirigirnos. Así mismo el final sigue trayéndonos otro giro de trama de cuando crees que ya por fin va a suceder el encuentro, el giro te vuelve a dejar en ascuas y con ganas de querer continuar el siguiente libro.

Solo puedo anexar que la narrativa es fácil, sencilla y ligera, si llega a ser un poco repetitiva, pero sigue teniendo su encanto la historia, de modo que te incita a continuar.

El desarrollo de los personajes va bien, no es que te los profundicen mucho más, pero si se va notando su cambio y crecimiento, más en unos personajes, como Xartes, que en otros.

Así que en definitiva continuaré la historia.

[Kim Hansen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the fourth book in a series of eight, and as I began this fourth book, I recognized the same pattern that had begun in the first book. Either Ceres or Thanos is caught imprisoned and tortured, or we have Lucius who is loving going around killing people for no reason at all,. Frankly, I liked the idea of the story as it began but it has become nothing but death and gore and torture, and I don’t really enjoy reading those kind of things. It’s really unfortunate because the first book really was interesting with the plot of a young woman who discovers powers that she didn’t know she had and rises from slavery to begin a rebellion that overthrows the leaders of a country who don’t care anything about the people of they are governing. It could’ve been handled much differently and without thr repeating cycle of blood-beating-torture, etc., Start the next book with the same rinse and repeat cycle. I am really disappointed in this author who I have read other series from that I enjoyed very much.

[Scarleth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Se me hizo menos interesante que los libros anteriores.
A penas se ven los poderes que Ceres descubre y aprende a utilizar a lo largo del libro anterior.
Thanos está prácticamente viajando casi toda la historia, es poco lo que aporta a la trama.
En general sentí que la trama avanzaba sin la participación de sus propios protagonistas. Los personajes secundarios hicieron más al respecto.

Ceres y Thanos se buscan desde el libro 1 y aún no pueden encontrarse el uno al otro, aún cuando están en el mismo lugar al mismo tiempo. Siempre hay algo o alguien que lo impide, y luego de 4 libros ya no me parece un recurso muy entretenido de leer, se vuelve más bien tedioso.

En fin, los siguientes 4 libros de la saga los pude encontrar pero solo en inglés, así que va a depender de si entiendo bien el nivel del idioma si es que continúo o no con De Coronas y Gloria.... Aunque sé que no comenzaré con el 5to de inmediato, siento que no hay apuro.

[books_with_sass · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the wonderful fourth installment in the Of Crowns and Glory series. There is never a shortage of action, and more twists and turns than you can count. How can it possibly take this long for things to come together?? I can't believe there are still so many books left in the series! I want Ceres and Thanos to end up together, and can hardly wait to read the rest of the series to see what else Morgan Rice throws in their way. My only (very small) "complaint" would be that there may be one or two points of view too many...but maybe that was just because I was always anxious to get back to someone else's story :)

All in all, this a a great, well-written novel and a welcome addition to the series. If you are already reading the series, I don't have to tell you to read this one...and all the rest of them. If you haven't read these yet, then you should!! It has strong women, action, sword fighting, magic, rebellion, kings, and so much more! I highly recommend.

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This tale is filled with action and adventure, so I feel extremely lucky to have been given a copy. Even though it was a gift, I always give an honest review.

Ceres is a strong female lead, filled with energy and honour, and she now knows her origins. Her brother is equally honorable and brave - a likeable character. Although, Thanos is a warrior, he does seem weak at times. Lucious is awful with not one positive characteristic. Mixed the other characters, this cast is brilliant for this fantasy story.

Overall, it is a little short, but packed with action, and because of its easy-to-read style of writing, imaginative scenarios and magical influence, it makes for a compelling read.

Highly recommended.

[Darth BookLover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una interesante novela . Aunque vuelve a meter mucha paja que hace lenta en varios capítulos a la historia y por lo cual le quita la posibilidad de darle 5 estrellas. Lo que sigue siendo muy bueno son los sucesos que sufren los protagonistas y su incierto futuro. Eso está bien llevada acabo por la ahora y se agradece. Sin duda esto hace que quiera seguir leyendo el siguiente libro. Dudo que deje de meter paja o cosas que hacen lenta a sus novelas la autora , así que no queda más que aguantar esos capítulos que si no se leyeran no pasaría nada. En fin. Sigo recomendado la saga ampliamente. Le doy 4/5 estrellas a esta novela o un 8.7/10.

[LauraAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

So it's about time Thanos dude!!
So back to my complaint a while ago about the different points of view.
Because there is so many of them it makes the book longer and it can be hard to keep up with them. It can also feel like it is dragging the book along with information that isn't necessary.
We also got to see how far Lucious was really willing to go to get his throne. Crazy man!
The storyline is progressing nicely now and so are the characters.
The books are getting much better as they go.

[Julez · Rating 4 out of 5]

These stories with Ceres, Thanos, Sartes and of course Stephania and Lucious are never dull. I was truly entertained yet again. I can’t wait to find out what happens next in Felldust and what will become of Thanos. Since both Lucious and Stephania are going to on their journey I wonder if they will meet up. I’m glad Ceres got the help she needed from the warriors of Haylon and from Lord West men as well as the rebels. It was a great battle. It was sad what happened with the king but I’m more concerned who will rule since it ended in such a disaster for the kingdom.

[Cali K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Someone once wrote in a review that Morgan Rice likes for her readers to suffer as much as her characters and I found this true with this book. The frenzied plot changes of the earlier books returned with the intrusion of main character plot lines draining my patience as I waited to find out the fate of others.

It disappoints me when Morgan writes a character but then has them perform actions that are not true to their actions. This book disappointed me on a whole for the reasons I mentioned above but Morgan is a good storyteller so I am here for the ride.

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

En comparación con los dos libros anteriores, este mejoró. Lamentablemente es una historia bastante predecible y no tiene algún factor sorpresa, todo lo que pensé que pasaría, pasó. Ya son 3 libros que los protagonistas siguen sin encontrarse, lo cual es algo monótono. Las matanzas sin control continúan, no comprendo como es que aún pueda haber algún habitante de pie en el pueblo. No considero que esta sea una historia para 8 libros, me saltaré los siguientes y solo leeré el último.

[Katharine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I Love This Series

I really do love Morgan Rice’s novels. Thanos is forever an idiot and naive fool, Ceres is a naive powerhouse, Seraphina always deserves to be thrown off a giant cliff in slow- motion, the psychopathic heir deserves a painful and drawn out end, Rice killed one of my favorite characters. So much goes on yet, it’s put together so well you can’t put the series down until it’s read. 10/10. Even in Thanos is a moron.

[Mary E Hammond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book4

I am unable to believe that I have finished this book suddenly! . Stories continue to be engrossing. A page turner. The characters stay true as the stories evolve. I still want Lucious to get his due. I know good overcomes evil but the suspense is getting to me! Really a great read one becomes engrossed quickly!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow this book keeps you on edge. So much goes on and it all makes you want to read the next book. Ceres is an inspiration, because she fights for what's right. There's been a few times where I've wanted to jump in the book and smack some sense into some of the characters. I'm excited to see how the next book is.

[Biggs_bookshelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to say this book took darker turns than I expected. It was nice to kind of break the regular cycle of this series. I didn’t see a few of the things coming in this one. I just know this is not a world I would want to live in. Fighting all the time for everything seems exhausting. We aren’t seeing really any respite for the characters. Well. Unless they get offed.