• Dawnbreaker

  • Legends of the Duskwalker, Book 3
  • By: Jay Posey
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (562 ratings)

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Dawnbreaker

By: Jay Posey
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Publisher's summary

The final audiobook in the acclaimed Duskwalker trilogy.

Wren is living in Greenstone under the temporary care of Charles and Mol and the protection of Chapel. Unable to determine the fate of his mother and those he left behind in Morningside, Wren believes there is nothing left to do but wait for Asher's final blow...until a man named Haiku walks into the Samurai McGann, looking for Three. After learning of Three's fate, Asher's ascension, and Wren's gift, Haiku offers his help, and together they set out to find the remnants of House Eight and convince them to help. As Cass and the few who survived the fall of Morningside face overwhelming odds to escape Asher and the Weir, they realize it is impossible...until their daring and probably suicidal plan to strike turns out to have surprising results and unexpected discoveries.

Back in Greenstone, one of the border cities likely facing Asher's next assault, Charles uses his network of influence to try to create a city defense.

Jay Posey is a narrative designer, author, and screenwriter by trade. He started working in the videogame industry in 1998 and has been writing professionally for over a decade. He's spent around eight years writing and designing for Tom Clancy's award-winning Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six franchises. Jay has lectured at conferences, colleges, and universities on topics ranging from basic creative-writing skills to advanced material specific to the videogame industry.

©2015 Jay Posey (P)2015 Audible, Ltd

Critic reviews

"The post-apocalyptic world that Jay Posey created in Three is brilliantly constructed, it's just chock-full of the cool stuff, futuristic gadgets (guns and the like), augmented people and not forget the Weir." ( The Book Plank)
" Three is a fantastic piece of post-apocalyptic fiction...simply stunning from beginning to end." (SFBook.com)

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All in all a good trilogy, and well told story

I have to be honest; I really was a bit hesitant about starting this one after my disappointment in book 2. And before I get started I do want to say that Jay Posey has created an incredible new world (at least for me it is). I found it to be very original and not like anything else I have been reading/listening to lately. Which is very refreshing because so many books lately seem so similar that as I’m reading I’m thinking…have I already read this…?

So, what to say without giving spoilers ……This one picks up where book two leaves off, Wren and Cass separated, Asher in charge of Morningside and the build up to the showdown. I have to say, I don’t know if I just lost my enthusiasm for the series or if my reading/listening funk is just making every thing seem kinda ‘meh’, I will most likely come back to this series in the future and give the last two books another go. The ending doesn’t quite top the awesome beginning to the series with Three, it is much, much better than the second installment. I did feel like this one dragged a bit, but it does pick up and everything is wrapped up neatly.

The narrator Luke Daniels…..I can’t say enough about him, he is an awesome narrator and he did an amazing job with this trilogy. He is one of my favorite narrators and one of the main reasons I decided to try this series.

For all of my complaints about books 2 & 3 and my reading/listening funk, I do have to say that the first book, Three, really was awesome, one of my favorites for 2015. All in all a good trilogy, and well told story

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The series returns to form...

Jay Posey once again decides to add new characters to the mix for Dawnbreaker and this time it really helps return the series to form. The new characters fill the void left by Three and they make Wren's storyline immensely more interesting. Wren's fate has been mostly dictated by others throughout the first two books and now he finally decides to take matters into his own hands. Cass and many of the other characters from the first two books are also back on center stage as the series picks back up and is once again running on all cylinders.

There was an air of mystery that surrounded Three in the first book, even more so because he was disconnected from the data network that everyone else relied on to survive. He was clearly a hardened man with the skill set needed to survive in an apocalyptic wasteland and one must wonder how he became that way and why he is disconnected. Well that background information is finally provided as Wren's storyline gets flushed out in preparation for an inevitable confrontation with his half brother, Asher.

Clearly Wren and Asher are both very talented and powerful individuals and they do share one thing in common - their mother. Cass has undergone a transformation over time, starting out as a drug addict on the run while being an overprotective mother to Wren and now finally realizing that her responsibility to protect people from her evil son, Asher, extends beyond just Wren. Like Wren, her character really grows in this book as she takes a more active role in determining her own fate, becoming a lot more than just Wren's mother.

Even though I really enjoyed this book, the series itself still leaves me feeling a bit unsatisfied because the world building I was hoping for has never arrived. With a few exceptions, I am still left wondering why the world is in this dilapidated state and why the Weir are they way they are. Perhaps the series will be continued at some point and that background information will be provided, but it isn't present in this initial trilogy which wraps up the existing story nicely.

Once again Luke Daniels delivers a solid performance as the narrator making this a worthy listen.

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Fabulous!

Excellent story, well written and performed. The characters are very real in the struggles that encounter.

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amazing end

A great end to an amazing series. Luke Daniels brings the characters to life with his masterful reading.

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Amazing

I started this trilogy back in 2016 and I loved it so much. Something came up and I never finished Dawnbreaker. I’m here again and have finished these books with a new found love and appreciation for the adventure. I only wish I had more content to see where everyone goes from here.

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Best series

Highly recommend the series. Have listen from book 1 to book 3 non stop. Personally book 1 was the best but the other was still good enough not to put down.

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The whole series is ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!!!

Would love to see this turned into several movies!!! The whole series is ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!!!

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loved it

fantastic story and story teller .. highest quality and lots of twist and turns to keep surprisingly fresh

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loved this series.

If you love sci-fi , this is a very good very good series with great story line. Book 1 and 3 are my favorites but the series is definitely worth your time.

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Chang of tactics

Normally I just rate the books and not do a full review, but this series changed that. This series was well written, well read, and well received . To incorporate many stories and not confuse the listeners alone is worth it. When you add in a great story it becomes a win win.

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