Blood of Ten Kings

Guardians of Aandor #3

by Edward Lazellari

Blood of Ten Kings is the action-packed finale of Edward Lazellari's epic fantasy Aandor trilogy.



The Guardians return to their reality, ill-equipped to fend off Farrenheil's invading soldiers, which have saturated the kingdom. Daniel and Seth must vanquish ancient ghosts to claim the powers of their birthrights even as Cat MacDonnell fights to retain her husband against a kingdom that would rather see Callum wed to Chryslantha Godwynn.

Their fellowship broken, Seth, Catherine, Callum, and Daniel must deftly navigate the dangers of Aandor or face oblivion at the hands of their enemies.

Genres: Fantasy

496 pages, Hardcover

Published December 4, 2018

About the author

Edward began his career as a storyteller writing and illustrating for Marvel Comics. He turned his attention to prose fiction and earned his BA in English literature at Rutgers University. His first prose story, "The Date" appeared in Playboy Magazine. The first Guardians of Aandor series, Awakenings (Tor Books), debuted in August 2011, and the second novel, The Lost Prince, dropped on Aug. 20, 2013. Book 3, Blood of Ten Kings, will drop on Dec. 4, 2018. Hobbies include concerts, live shows, poker tournaments, game nights, movies, softball, biking, eating unhealthy snacks, and books (obviously).

Regarding rating books:
Reading for work five days a week, Edward does not suffer a bad or mediocre story when reading for pleasure. For that reason, you will rarely find one or two star reviews on his page. As a creative artist, Edward would prefer to lead followers to good works than disparage people from reading something he personally did not enjoy. This is because it's possible others might find value in that story. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Reviews

[Peter Fiske · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been waiting for this in what seems forever. It’s fitting this is my last book of the year.

An epic end to a marvelous trilogy. Thank you, Edward for a fantastic read.

[Edward Lazellari · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best of the three books in the trilogy.

[Henry Lazarus · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s taken five years to get to the end of Edward Lazellari’s of a prince sent to our world to protect him when his country is invaded. With the Blood of Ten Kings (hard from Tor), he is very important. Fourteen years in our world, is only two days in his, and he and his protectors are transferred back when they’re not ready. Of course the villains are truly evil, and the fun of having an armed helicopter attacking a medieval army makes the whole tale worth the ride. Fun. Review printed by Philadelphia Free Press

[Gary Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was with some trepidation that I started Blood of Ten Kings. Five years passed between the publication of The Lost Prince and Blood of Ten Kings. If that wasn't bad enough, I didn't buy right away and and so I ended up starting it EIGHT years after I read the first two books. I couldn't remember a lot of the backstory. I feared that alone would keep me from enjoying the final installment of this trilogy. Early in the book, I did indeed have some "Wait, WHAT?" moments. But as the story progressed, I stopped worrying about the other two books and started living in the here & now of the story. And WHAT a story! Lazellari writes great action, whether it be one-on-one fights or huge battles. And this book, once it gets rolling, it's nonstop action. The closest comparison I can make is to Jim Butcher's Battle Ground. But this contains elements that are unique to Lazellari's world(s). Fun read, and I was worried for nothing.

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

While Cal wants to stay on Earth to teach Danny more about Aandor but, unfortunately, the federal government and the bad guys are after them. No longer does Cal have the choice since the bad guys have sent some of them back. Cat and Danny have to adjust to going back to Aandor both physically and historically. War is growing and Lara has the advantage because no wizard is stronger than she is so she may win. Seth is with Danny and he has to remember the spells that he was not good at and now Danny has people following him. Seth is having problems. Danny is turning out to be an inspirational leader as well as a practical leader. And Cat meets her in-laws. Eventually Cal and the rest show up.

I liked this book. It was a good ending to the trilogy and tied up the loose ends. Seth comes into his own. Danny proves that he took to heart the lessons Cal and the rest were teaching him. He becomes a leader with compassion who inspires those who follow him. He has ideas to improve Aandor. Cal and Cat have to square their Earth lives with Aandor lives. This series is worth reading.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ending to a fun series that tied up most of the loose ends in a satisfying way. Okay, the author is NOT a great writer (too many cliches and clumsy bits) but he does know how to build a fictional universe and made me care about his characters and kept me reading. Since none of the libraries to which I have access owned this book, I actually BOUGHT it and then read in snatches between limited ebook loans of other titles. Nice job.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

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A good ending, if slightly rushed.

[Billy Rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as the first two and felt a bit rushed at the end, but still a good finale to the story. I hope that, in this world or another, we see more from Lazellari down the road.

[Christoph Weber · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had already read this previously. Took me like half the book to realize. I put it down to how bad the second book in the series was (which I had reviewed but not the third one?).