Golden Flames

Dragonblood Assassin, Book 4

By: Jaime Castle, Andy Peloquin

Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading

Length: 23 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

The battle grows dire. The death toll rises. The end is nigh.

Natisse, believing Kullen has fallen to a traitor’s blade, fights on to honor his memory and to complete his final mission: to save their Empire from the enemy fleet threatening destruction. Together with Golgoth, she must stand before the very fires of Hell to protect the city and people she has come to love.

Kullen, gravely wounded, finds himself dragged back from the brink of death. But if the gods are kind, he might just find allies to aid in his battle to avenge the dead and hold the chaos-gripped city together in the most unexpected of places.

United by common purpose, they and all of Dimvein must stand strong—or face total annihilation at the hands of a power older and crueler than even the dragons they command.

Golden Flames is the final installment in Dragonblood Assassin from number one Audible and Washington Post best seller Jaime Castle and epic fantasy legend Andy Peloquin, perfect for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Joe Abercrombie, David Dalglish, and Kel Kade.

Castle and Peloquin will return with a brand-new series in the Dragonblood World in 2024.

©2023 Aethon Books (P)2024 Audible Inc.

Surprising Gem!

Wonderful world building and fantastically relatable characters! I hope there are more to come! Definitely was not expecting to enjoy it so much, but this story has a great flow that keeps you connected to the characters and story for the duration!

Fantastic

I LOVED the Dragonblood Assassin series. Reminded me of Brandon Sanderson’s story telling.
I would definitely recommend them to anyone who loves fantasy with dragons, bad-a** characters and of course read by the wonderful Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. Loved it!

Best ending

Love this entire series it was very surprised that it did not leave us hanging on ending, but still left us with something more to hold onto true respect next

Action packed series concussion

Natisse, believing that Kullen is dead, takes extraordinary chances with her dragon to save Dimvein. Flashes of her old anger pop up, and she still rushes off on her own. She does show more leadership potential than in earlier books. Kullen miraculously recovers from death, and follows his own path to stopping the Hudar Horde, the Blood Clan, and the Vandil priestesses. In this book, Kullen takes unreasonable risks like Natisse.

Like with the earlier books in the series, the author is too verbose

The final battle for Dimvein includes unexpected heroes and surprises.

Incredible, EPIC conclusion!

Ulnu's icy tits, that was amazing! Thank you Castle/Peloquin for such a beautiful resolution. I've been waiting for Golden Flames (like everyone else) for the past few months. It was out on eBook, but Kramer/Reading did such an amazing job with the first three, I couldn't bring myself to read it. I waited, and waited, and then devoured it way faster than I wanted to. I'd have loved for this to simmer, but it was too good. Trust me when I say, Dragonblood readers, you're going to LOVE this book.

the story line

amazing books I love it can't wait to see what this author comes out with next

Action packed ending

Fantastic series! One of the best fantasy series in the audible catalog (that you don’t have to use a credit to get).

Stunning End To The Trilogy

This book was action packed right from the start! The build up to this conclusive novel is fantastic and is a perfect series to start if you love anything dragons, swords and more! I cannot wait for more books set in this amazing world both authors have imagined so well! Hope it won’t be a long wait!

Fantastic ending!

What a fantastic, epic, bloody, sweet, wonderful ending! This story was absolutely incredible, and I loved the super long epilogue. Just absolutely fantastic!

So far: Eh

I'm 7 hours in - or just under 1/3 of the book. So far, I'm a bit disappointed.

In books #1-#3, Natisse and Kullen are murder machines. Assassins. But so far they have killed exactly 0 people directly. Kullen even walked away from a situation where he likely could have done some good by killing 5 men who were out to prey on ordinary citizens. I'm starting to wonder if the authors' intentions are to do a 180° and give the two characters a new purpose in society.

The world building continues to suffer because the enemies are effectively nameless hordes showing up en masse. I get the feeling that we'll be seeing wave after wave of "unbeatable" odds that get "defeated" by one brazen idea after another. Some of it feels like the authors are making up new rules as they go, or that they didn't do enough setup work to inform the reader of what each person / dragon's capabilities are. If the reader doesn't know the rules, then the stakes are unknown and the actions & outcomes feel arbitrary.

I will likely finish the book because I care about the protagonists. I'm starting to care less and less about Dimvein, though. It can burn for all I care. After all, we don't really know what might happen if the city falls. For all we know, the attackers might actually be good people. Maybe their methods have been mis-characterized? The authors haven't given us enough of a chance to get to know the enemy. Only rumors, gossip, legends, and fear.