Bronson Pinchot absolutely dominates as narrator. Every chapter begins with an in-universe quote, often from a real-life political or scientific heavyweight of the time, that provides a peak inside the heads of those native to the that universe, allowing us to understand how living in a world where magic exists might actually impact society, ethics, and science.

and I'm not even giving away the story! This book is packed full of ideas and historical figures and characters that bring to life a parallel universe that you'll be convinced must exist. Nikola Tesla provides an (extremely deadly) alternative to nuclear weapons. Genius supplemented with magic creates supergeniuses (Cogs) that advance technology far beyond what was imaginable. Hydrogen powered dirigibles dominate the skies because wielders of fire can prevent Hindenburg-like incidents. Simply, the best audiobook I've ever encountered So if you are still on the fence about purchasing this book due to the narration in the preview give it a chance and you should be happily surprised. He gives each character a unique and easily recognizable voice except for a lot of the hired muscle that you run into at the beginning of the story. I was gladly mistaken about the narrator and as the story went on and introduced more characters Bronson really began to shine. The preview made me hesitate to purchase the book because I didn't like the narrator at first due to most of the characters sounding like dim witted oafs but I decided to take a chance and purchased it. In the end I ended up liking it a lot more then I did Monster Hunters International and I purchased all 3 books from that series. Unlike his other story (Monster Hunters International) this one is more focused on magic and goes into more detail on how the magic system works. After reading the summary I thought it was going to be a detective type novel and even the first few hours of the book made it seem like it was going to take that path but as the story unfolds it becomes so much more.

The grimnoir chronicles series