• Lost Gods

  • A Novel
  • By: Brom
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (6,545 ratings)

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Lost Gods

By: Brom
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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A young man descends into purgatory to save his wife and unborn child in this tale of wonder and terror from the mind of master storyteller and acclaimed artist Brom.

Fresh out of jail and eager to start a new life, Chet Moran and his pregnant wife, Trish, leave town to begin again. But an ancient evil is looming, and what seems like a safe haven may not be all it appears.

Snared and murdered by a vile, arcane horror, Chet quickly learns that pain and death are not unique to the living. Now the lives and very souls of his wife and unborn child are at stake. To save them, he must journey into the bowels of purgatory in search of a sacred key promised to restore the natural order of life and death. Alone, confused, and damned, Chet steels himself against the unfathomable terrors awaiting him as he descends into death's stygian blackness.

With Lost Gods, Brom's gritty and visceral prose takes us on a haunting, harrowing journey into the depths of the underworld. Thrust into a realm of madness and chaos, where ancient gods and demons battle over the dead and where cabals of souls conspire to overthrow their masters, Chet plays a dangerous game, risking eternal damnation to save his family.

©2016 Gerald Brom (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

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Reminiscent of Orpheus & Eurydice

I can't quite decide how I feel about this book. It's a sort of a backwoods-Americana-voodoo version of ancient mythological stories from Greece and Rome. It's laden with roadblocks for the persistent hero, moments of despair, and an overriding dim light of hope that he can somehow save his young family from the horrors of his lineage. If I picked the book up for a read, I don't know that I would have finished it, but the narration breathes life into a colorless, hopeless underworld. Worth a listen if you're into Greek mythology, demons, and finding where the line blurs between good and evil.

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Pretty Gruesome

This book was a lot more gruesome that I was expecting. Most of the book occurs in the underworld where all kinds of horrific things happen. I thought the author's take on the gods was clever and it created quite a visual in my mind.

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Gaiman, Konrath, Stan Nicholls, Fortschen

BLOOD HONEY
The first hours are very entertaining and very much Brom's dark craziness. Brom's characters are usually from the seedier part of town. The children ghosts are scary and weird. The beginning of Purgatory is exciting and strange. When your dead and they cut your head off, your still conscious. That is where Konrath comes in, there is a lot of heads, arms and legs getting cut off. The book never goes on to Hell, we just hear it is terrible and I am pretty sure that will happen in a sequel.

I MIGHT BE FOOLISH, BUT I'M NOT A FOOL
Those who read American Gods by Gaiman will recognize the Old Gods being forgotten and losing their powers. That is what is happening in this story.

EVERYBODY PUT YOUR DICKS BACK IN YOUR PANTS
The main part of the book reminded me of Fortschen's Lost Regiment series and Stan Nicholls' Orc Wars. Their is a rebel bunch lead by a Confederate who are rebelling against the old gods. This leads to lots of fight scenes such as in Nicholls' Orc Wars. There is a lot of traveling through Purgatory, but not really finding anything new. I did enjoy the game part of the story, but the hours of fighting and traveling bored me. The ending was good.

Bray
R.C. Cola does a great job.

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Interesting...a good listen

An interesting take on purgatory, the afterlife, etc. mixed in with old Gods and new Gods. It's quite a dynamic with all of those aspects intertwining. There's mythology, modern religion, revenge, love, just about everything in there. Brom does a good job of weaving it all together and making an entertaining story out of it. And as always, RC Bray does a wonderful job in his narration.

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Absolutely awesome!

I definitely need to check out more if Brom's work. This is one of the best books I've listened to all year. R. C. Bray always does an excellent job with the narration but this blows his other work away! He brings each and every character to life (or death in some cases). The voices he does for the demons and old Gods is incredible. The story itself is great! Angels, demons, and old forgotten Gods trapped in purgatory.

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Generally not my genre.

I bought this Audible because of RC Bray. He makes a mediocre story good and one of his best performances. This was actually very well written and I will probably listen to another Brom.

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This may be the best book I’ve ever read

Brom’s imagination is off the charts. His detailed descriptions of purgatory and those within it really brought the story to life for me. I highly recommend you look up the art work of Szukalski before reading. Use his sculptures when you imagine the beasts/gods. RC Bray was amazing as always. The ending was a perfect mix of what I was hoping for as well. Something I particularly enjoyed was the level of description; not too detailed and not too vague. Just the right amount of detail to give you the full idea without boring you with endless adjectives. An all around phenomenal book and performance.

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Unique Read with Immersing Detail

This book was chosen for our book club. Something I would never, ever chose to read but I'm happy I did. It was unique, well put together, well written, dialogue was on point. This is a unique book with demons, gods, deaths, and love. There are quite a few surprising turns. One surprise had my mouth dropping to the ground and hoping for a different outcome - you get to that part fairly early on in the book. There are a few moments were I drifted off because there might have been a few too much unnecessary detail needed for my taste but it didn't last too long where you wanted to turn the book off. All I can say is R.C. Bray has one heck of an imagination.This book takes you to places and all you do is imagine what he is going through and how he's going through it. I would love to see this as a movie just due to the detail and the set this movie would produce.
Worth. Listening. To. You have to get through the first few chapters for it to get into the knitty gritty.

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AMAZING

this book had tones of American Gods,but was excellent. So creatively imagined. And the narrator did a wonderful good delineating the voices of the charaters,without over acting.

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Excellent!

RC Bray could read a phone book and make it sound riveting. And this was no phone book. Great story! A wonderful blend of myth and the paranormal. I couldn't stop listening.

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