Healing Skies
Iron Tyrant, Book 3
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Healing Skies
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Narrated by:
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Ramon De Ocampo
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By:
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Seth Ring
About this listen
Oathbound to the fifth prince of the empire, Mateo and his friends head north.
The Fifth Prince, Isaac Cassius Kell, has been sent from the empire’s capital to the mountainous northern border, and Mateo and his Iron Wing Feather have been sent along to keep him safe. Tasked with guarding and advising the prince, Mateo quickly realizes that the job is more complicated than he anticipated.
Not only is the Prince locked in a hidden struggle with his four siblings, all of whom want the throne, but he has no desire to face the Barbarians he is supposed to be negotiating with. As Mateo navigates the complexities of the fight for the Imperial throne, he’ll soon discover that the true threat to the Prince’s life comes from within the empire rather than outside of it.
The deepening mystery of his master’s past only adds to the challenge as Mateo and his friends are forced to contend with a mysterious group of magicians wielding mind-bending magic unlike anything Mateo has ever seen before.
Don't miss book 3 of the next great Fantasy LitRPG series by Seth Ring, author of the bestselling Battle Mage Farmer and Nova Terra. Join Mateo as he ascends through the flames of war.
About the Series: Following a weak-to-strong protagonist, this series mixes epic fantasy action, mystery, cultivation, and a world with endless depth where little is as it first appears. This LitRPG/GameLit series is perfect for listeners who enjoy exploring rich worlds and complex characters.
©2025 Seth Ring (P)2025 Dreamscape MediaContinue the series
It always starts strong. A unique world filled with dark threats, grim undertones, and a clearly defined trajectory. Over the first couple of books, that world is carefully built up. Enough lore, politics, and character relationships to pull you in and make you invested. And then… it collapses. All in the course of a single book.
This happens to be the book for this series. A generic and essentially reskinned version of the Titan series in a different setting. The pattern is impossible to ignore within this book. The complexity has drained away quickly. Relationships, political tension, meaningful consequences? All gone. Replaced by shallow, sycophantic NPCs who exist only to praise the protagonist, and quick-to-scare opponents, followed up with a rapid sequence of “jump-to” plot events that barely hold together.
If you disagree, try listening to this book again and ask yourself some basic questions as you do. Why does an otherwise intelligent main character allow the prince to be kidnapped again, hm? Why is the wings command structure suddenly nonsensical? Stone King nonsensical. This book doesn’t even try to hide the shortcuts. It simply barrels forward and hopes you won’t notice.
That’s the most frustrating part. Every series eventually becomes the same story. The protagonist inevitably turns into another Xavier Lee variant. Hyper-competent, unquestioned, and insulated from meaningful failure. It honestly feels like the author runs out of ideas halfway through and defaults to the same overused template instead of following the story through to its natural conclusion.
The slave mark should have stayed a slave mark. This iron crow rubbish doesn't fit with book 1. This should have been a story about regaining freedom and exacting revenge. Not one where tension is conveniently erased to speed up power progression.
To be clear. The writing itself is never bad in any of Seth's stories. The prose is competent. The pacing is readable. And if you enjoy straightforward shōnen-style progression, there’s still something here. But once again, I can’t shake the feeling of having been tricked yet again. Pulled in by promise and atmosphere, only to be handed the same simplified narrative I’ve read before.
Oh well.
Meh.
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