Faces, E.C. Blake
Faces, E.C. Blake
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Faces

Author: E.C. Blake

Narrator: Sandy Rustin

Unabridged: 12 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/03/2022


Synopsis

Final novel in E. C. Blake's dystopian fantasy trilogy, The Masks of Aygrima

The Masks of Aygrima is set in a land where people are forced to wear spellimbued Masks that reveal any traitorous thoughts they have about their ruler, the Autarch.

Mara Holdfast is a young woman gifted with the ability to see and use all the colors of magic. Two other people share this talent: the Autarch, who draws upon the very life-force of his subjects to fuel his existence and retain his control over the kingdom; and the legendary Lady of Pain and Fire, the
only person who has ever truly challenged the Autarch’s despotic reign.

After a devastating battle that takes a dreadful toll on both the rebel unMasked Army and the forces of Prince Chell, their ally from across the sea, Mara and her fellow survivors have no one to turn to for help but the Lady of Pain and Fire.

As the Lady leads them to her haven beyond the mountain borders of the kingdom, Mara feels that she has found the one person who truly understands her, a mentor who can teach her to control and use her power for the greater good. Together, they may be able to at last
free Agryma from the Autarch’s rule.

Living within the Lady’s castle, cut off from her friends in the village far below, Mara immerses herself in her training. Still, she can’t entirely escape from hearing dark hints about the Lady, rumors that the Lady may, in her own way, be as ruthless as the Autarch himself.

Yet it is not until they begin their campaign against the Autarch that Mara discovers where the real danger lies. Driven by the Lady’s thirst for revenge, will Mara and all her friends fall victim in a duel to the death between two masters of magic?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brannigan on August 27, 2015

Previously Published at TheQwillery.com E.C. Blake's Faces, the third book in the Masks of Aygrima series, closes out a spectacular story arc. I believe this won't be the last time I read a story with Mara as the protagonist, which is a wonderful prospect. Blake has done a marvelous job of creating a......more

Goodreads review by Canopus on April 06, 2022

An easy and quick world building with a generic representation of Magic. No other races, no specializations or classifications. Just a simple "Magical" journey of a young girl finding herself in the midst of a civil war in a fictional land called Aygrima. With mentions of a stone used as an object o......more

Goodreads review by Kerrie on November 07, 2022

I liked the ending much more than I thought I would. It is an ending full of hope after a lot of fear and destruction.......more

Goodreads review by Henry on August 20, 2015

E. C. Blake concludes his trilogy about Mara, a sixteen-year-old who has the rare power to see all the colors of magic and to take magic from living creatures. Only two others share her powers; the Autarch who has been stealing magic from his people to keep himself from aging; and the Lady of Pain a......more

Goodreads review by Ashleigh on February 22, 2016

Mara seems to be the master of making bad decisions, and she continues that tradition in the third book in the Masks of Aygrima series. Only now, she's more aware of herself and her fatal flaw, and while she does not entirely overcome it, she does finally grow into her magical abilities and own them......more