Name: The Jewel of Dantenos
ISBN: 9781301938223

Brian D. Anderson

The Jewel of Dantenos

C. J. Daley 

This is a prequel novella to The Godling Chronicles, and the latest I’ve finished from the included prequels on Audible. 

I really liked how this one started. Lee is a man born of lower status that was later in life left an inheritance that allowed for him to parade around as a nobleman. Mention of parties every night, a butler like assistant, expensive horses and swords. That’s not to say that I liked him, he is a pompous prick in this, but I liked that it was a different approach on the character set up. Oh, and did I mention that he’s a godling? That fact kind of threw the lowborn status up in the air for me, but I liked that seemingly no on at all knows this. 

The world building/lore isn’t a lot, but it is present. I liked what I heard, but this one really closely follows what the character is doing with little information or deviation. 

The jewel part of the story itself was kind of convoluted to me though. Not to mention that the jewel speaks to people and tampers with their brain in an all-too-Gollum like way. The climax was kind of dull and ended quickly to the point of almost being pointless. I guess though, if you have read the series, the backstory may be a nice pay off. I don’t think I’ll continue though.