• Empire Burning

  • A Science fiction fantasy LitRPG Series
  • By: Michael Chatfield
  • Narrated by: Tristan Morris
  • Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,354 ratings)

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Empire Burning

By: Michael Chatfield
Narrated by: Tristan Morris
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Publisher's summary

Pandora’s box has been opened. The Pantheon of Emerilia has gone through tremendous changes the event of Myths and Legends suppressed.

Warships now move in the stars, made of soul-gem constructs, built by mages and engineers, crewed by those who lived on Emerilia or within Earth’s simulation. The Deq’ual system stands with Emerilia, their brothers and sisters, and their family and fellow human descendants. The Jukal Empire will not let Emerilia rise peacefully.

As empires grow, so, too, can they be toppled. Only one can remain; in their biggest gamble yet, they must pass through the fires of war, empire against empire.

©2017 Michael Chatfield (P)2019 Michael Chatfield

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Good ending to the series

I really enjoyed this series, though the power creep became a little crazy at times and some battles a little tedious, overall it was very good and enjoyable. Not to mention that it is actually complete, and resolved.

I initially was a little weary of this book, partly because I listened to it right after the previous book which tends to burn cause me to burn out on series for a while but it came to a satisfying conclusion and I enjoyed it.

The bad: I didn't care for the battles, I felt I knew what was going to happen and just wanted to move the story along. That said, I tried to think of ways to write the book without them and I couldn't, plus some of these epic battles are the payoffs that people have been expecting for most of the series. So not my cup of tea but not terrible on a whole.
This book probably could have been edited down a little but so could most books.

The good: The resolutions, I feel were very good, everything got wrapped up nicely enough, the characters good a good send off without the author having to resort to hand waving away the problems. The very last bit really convinced me to write this review because I like it so much, that last paragraph or so (probably, I don't know, I listened to it).

I don't know if I'll read more of Michael Chatfield, I have a lot I'm currently reading, but I won't rule it out.

I'm glad I read Emerilia, I'm glad I met Dave and got to go along on this adventure with him and his friends.
Thank you Michael Chatfield

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good

in my opinion they should merge them all into one single book collection on Audible or into two separate collections.

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I finished all 11

I enjoyed them to a degree. I like the author's books. This is the review I am writing for the series. As I have no wish to write 11 separate books. Overall they hover between 2 stars and 4. So, I will give them an average of 3. Solid listens, enjoyable weekend books.


Audible's rating is:
1 Star is "not for me"
2 Stars "it is okay"
3 Stars "pretty good"
4 Stars "it's great"
5 Stars "I love it"

How I see the stars.
A one star book could be a very dry topic, story,crude or someone preaching down to the reader. I generally don't have 1 star books. I will just return them and go my own way. My last 3 were from the same series, I had hit a very dry spot in my listening.

A 2 star story, would be something that was phoned in by a writer that typically has done much better work. I have a couple of reviews from authors that just seemed to phone it in, one most recently from an author that decided to mix current politics into his novel. If I wanted that, I would just watch the news.

A 3 star review is where I really start. It means I enjoyed the book. That I did not have a hard time following it (I have lost alot of my conversational hearing). That the story kept to a plot, the characters were not static, and the world built was plausable.

A 4 star review is something that I really enjoyed. It puts the author on my map to keep an eye out for. I go through 12-15 books a month. (audible is my primary source of entertainment. ) I will search for the author's works regularly, and seek out their stories for future purchases.

A 5 star review, These are not as rare as one would think. These are the books where the characters grow, learn, act according to their nature. Where the world is not only plausible but believable. Where there are economic systems, businesses, rules of law that make sense. Where the story is woven is progressed and told with caring and dedication. These are books, series, authors and narrators that bring it all in a package.

So, when reading my reviews, if anyone does, that is how I judge the books.

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Mixed feelings

I really struggled to like this book. On the one hand I was so happy to have a substantial series on audible in the litRPG genre that actually reached completion. On the other hand the difference in quality between the first book of this series and the last book of this series is dramatic. I can appreciate the author running out of energy or losing steam at the end of a large series but this book and to some extent the previous book as well felt very rushed and composed more out of a necessity to close the series rather than a desire to see story brought to its best completion.

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well at least its over

not two happy with this ending but at least it's in an ending. could have been a lot worse. the series is good over all but the last couple of books are lacking.

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Short but sweet!

Although predictably positive, there’s lots of fun as well as a few surprises in store for the readers. Having come this far, you’ve got to finish!

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satisfied

this was an absolutly amazing conclusion to an amazing series by an outstanding author .

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A great ending to the series

It was a nice wrap to all the threads that were this series together.
Battle was intense and aftermath heartwarming, coming together to finish the story.

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Awesome

Just finished the whole series was great all the way through. I highly recommend the to any gamer

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Perfection

This has been an enjoyable series from beginning to end. It was the perfect ending to an already great story and left me with goosebumps, tears and that warm glow you get when the world is right. Well done

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