Road to Wrath (Book II of the Kobalos Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Ty Johnston (Author)

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Product Description

Fleeing the barbarian crime lord Belgad the Liar, Kron Darkbow and companions head deep into the mountains and into the dangers of the Prisonlands. Kron's goal? To return healing mage Randall Tendbones to his homeland of Kobalos to face that nation's king, Lord Verkain, who calls himself the Dark King of the North. Along the path filled with demons and monsters, Kron finds his feelings for former enemy and now companion Adara Corvus may be stronger than he would wish.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 340 KB
• Print Length: 188 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Logical Misanthropy (August 13, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002LISF38
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,922 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Ty Johnston was born in Kentucky. After earning a degree in journalism, he spent the next two decades as a newspaper editor. During that time he wrote numerous short stories, nearly all of which have been published in print or digital formats. In his forties, now a former journalist, he decided it was time to get serious about his fiction writing. He is the author of The Kobalos Trilogy of epic fantasy novels, City of Rogues, Road to Wrath and Dark King of the North. He has been published online at Every Day Fiction, Demonic Tome, The Ranfurly Review, Flashes in the Dark and other venues. His stories have also appeared in print in the anthologies "Deadlines," "The Return of the Sword" and "Demons: A Clash of Steel Anthology." Ty's main writing and reading interests generally are in the horror and fantasy genres, but he also enjoys branching out into literary works from time to time.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner, July 23, 2010

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Lauralynn Elliott - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Road to Wrath (Book II of the Kobalos Trilogy) (Kindle Edition)

Once again, Ty Johnston has written a winner. This book is the sequel to City of Rogues (Book I of the Kobalos Trilogy). It continues the story of a small group traveling to Kobalos and all their adventures along the way. As always, the writing style of this author makes each of his books a joy to read. Keep them coming, Ty!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Road to Wrath, September 7, 2010

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S. Krowitz "Ducky" (Columbia, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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I love this series! I can't say enough about this book. It was even better than the first. I started the third book the minute I finished this one and it is a page turner as well. Thank you, Ty Johnston for an original piece of work!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a sequence of suspicious escapes, October 5, 2010

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Brian Chrisman "fooburger" - See all my reviews
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Not sure what's going on with this series. I was hoping for an improvement from the first book, expecting that the author was more-or-less catching his stride. But this installment was a meandering series of seemingly random events with nearly zero plot development, and characters that really didn't go anywhere from the first book.

I ask myself these three questions: What were the characters doing at the beginning of the book? What were they doing at the end of the book? Do I know more about what's going on than I did at the beginning, or was this just filler? My answers were not promising.

The main character himself is still an improbably young, impossibly over-skilled vengeance addict.
A few deus ex-machina devices deliver the characters from certain doom on multiple occasions which make the story a little cartoon-buffoon-ish.

I think the author here has a *lot* of potential. I like the flow of the prose, and how I never hiccup over the words or phrasing as a reader. I like the writing style, which is why I gave the second book a chance. At some point in the future I may give this author another shot, but not in this series, as the benefit of my doubt has just run out.

*** spoiler alert below ***

*** SPOILER ALERT BELOW ***
- How is it that three people about to be beheaded can fight their captors, jump down from the execution stage and *run* to their horses under the cover of a distraction? Did the jailers forget to cuff their legs? Were the cuffs opened remotely and magically?
- For big, bad war demons, they're *remarkably* incompetent. In fact, they're not just remarkably incompetent, they're extremely conveniently incompetent. I'd rather have the 'mage who can do anything, anywhere, at any time' pop in and levitate everybody in the city simultaneously than have the "oh my gosh, the demons who wanted them dead showed up just in time to prevent any executions... and then let them get away!!!"
- So the main character is seriously bad-a**... obviously must've seen pretty much everything already... because he's totally prepared for anything... but things get a little icky and he just goes flat out insane?
- Why is the female lead (who I thought was a good character in the first book, but have reversed my opinion in this sequel) even giving a crap about this self-obsessed weirdo?