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    The Mongoliad: Book Three
    The Mongoliad: Book Three
    The Mongoliad: Book Three
    Audiobook22 hours

    The Mongoliad: Book Three

    Written by Neal Stephenson, Erik Bear, Greg Bear and

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

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    About this audiobook

    The final book of the Mongoliad trilogy from Neal Stephenson and company tells the gripping personal stories of medieval freedom fighters to form an epic, imaginative recounting of a moment in history when a world in peril relied solely on the courage of its people.

    The shadow of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II hangs over the shattered Holy Roman Church as the cardinals remain deadlocked, unable to choose a new pope. Only the Binders and a mad priest have a hope of uniting the Church against the invading Mongol host. An untested band of young warriors stands against the dissolute Khan, fighting for glory and freedom in the Khan’s sadistic circus of swords, and the brave band of Shield-Brethren who set out to stop the Mongol threat single-handedly race against their nemesis before he can raise the entire empire against them. Veteran knight Feronantus, haunted by his life in exile, leads the dwindling company of Shield-Brethren to their final battle, molding them into a team that will outlast him. No good hero lives forever. Or fights alone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 26, 2013
    ISBN9781455868278
    The Mongoliad: Book Three
    Author

    Neal Stephenson

    Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . .Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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    • 2/5
      a satisfying conclusion to the series so far. I find the process more interesting than the product, but I do like the books.
    • 3/5
      Reads like a soap opera with six script writers. Would help if something less than half the book weren't sword play.
    • 3/5
      If you are considering part three of the Mongoliad series, then you have certainly read parts one and two. I suggest you read part one before buying the other two volumes. I purchased all three Mongoliad novels, so felt compelled to finish them. Had I only purchased the first one, I likely would not have purchased parts two and three. I found the concluding installment of the trilogy to be marginally better than its predecessors, if for no other reason than the various story threads begin to converge and proceed to resolution. (I say resolution, but there are actually succeeding books in the “saga”, though it appears that Neal Stephenson has washed his hands of the project, as will I.) In addition to the threads involving the Mongols and Christian Shield Brethren, a new storyline, centered in Rome and dealing with a disputed Papal election was introduced and well handled.Taken as a whole, I found the trilogy to be very simply written with little to recommend it. Several times, the author(s) attempt to make the Mongols appear sensitive and caring, a complete absurdity. I cannot help but think that the experiment of having seven authors collaborate in the work of crafting a novel has resulted in an utterly mediocre effort, as if the finished product devolved to the lowest common denominator. Whatever the case, I saw very little of what I have come to expect from Neal Stephenson, the best writer of the bunch. Perhaps he merely lent his name to the effort.Don’t get me wrong, this is not an awful work, just run of the mill. Too many cooks may not spoil the broth, but in this case they have produced a very bland meal indeed.
    • 4/5
      This final installment of the Mongoliad trilogy takes us to the conclusion of three separate plotlines--Feronantus's company has their final showdown with the Khan of Khans, the knights of Hunern finally take action against Onghwe Khan, and we get to see the resolution of the actions of Father Rodrigo in Rome. So yes, that means big battle scenes in a way that only Stephenson and friends can do. The events of these plots manage to resolve themselves in a satisfactory and somewhat historically-accurate way, it's hard to say as much for the actual characters--I found myself wishing that there was some sort of epilogue to show where the surviving characters ended up. As it was, the ending felt a little abrupt. I was also disappointed that the events in Rome never integrated into the other plotlines; this really might as well have been a completely separate novel as the characters never interacted and the historical backdrops were barely related. Despite these complaints, I did enjoy the characters and action of this book and am glad I read the entire series.
    • 4/5
      (3.75 Stars)

      I really like this whole series, but this was probably my least favorite of them so far. I still liked it, I just thought that a lot of time was spent really building up the mystical and/or religious elements of the story without it really amounting to as big of a payoff as was probably intended.

      The action is great and the book is well paced. The narration is excellent and I really don't know how he keeps track of all those different voices. Speaking of, there are a lot of major characters in this book, and if you are not good with names you might have trouble keeping track of each of the different story arcs.

      This book will appeal to people who like historical fiction and fantasy adventure.
    • 4/5
      This was an enjoyable read, but also very long story, with a huge number of characters and a lot, really a lot, of hand-to-hand combat. Although the authors kept the pace up, I felt myself flagging at the sheer length of the story, especially in the first half of book 3, which seemed as if it would go on forever (probably because I mostly read for a few minutes before falling asleep at night). I had mixed feelings about all the fight scenes. They were very well done, in that they were both realistic and exciting, but they filled a disproportionate amount of the books for my tastes. I would recommend it, but only to people with plenty of reading time on their hands, who have some enthusiasm for martial arts. If you are, like me, someone who used to swing a sword around, it will make you itch to get back to practice!
    • 2/5
      I enjoyed the first book of the trilogy; got a bit bored by the second (but put that down to it being the "difficult" second book; but then got a bit fed up with this supposed finale.
      Only one of the four main threads really finished, and even that leaves room for spin-offs, sequels, prequels, etc etc. I also got annoyed at the cliff hanging ends of chapters, which we then didn't get back to for a long long while. I suppose the cooperative approach limited the capacity for better editing.
      The whole Rome based storyline, whilst entertaining at times added nothing to the overall structure and the eagerly awaited (by me) "Grail" thread just petered out with no link back to Percival.
      Some memorable characters and some interesting ideas, but nothing to justify 2,000 pages! I definitely will not venture into "Foreworld" again and my former avoidance of Neal Stephenson will be resurrected.