Defiance of the Fall 9

The Twilight Ascent is reaching its crisis point, with the Eveningtide Asura's plans nearing completion while powerful factions attempt to block his ascent and Twilight Harbor's survival hangs in the balance. Zac's problems multiply: the stolen Splinter of Oblivion has left a ticking bomb of Creation energy inside him, and the trap laid within the City of Ancients requires him to walk directly into the belly of the beast with no guarantee of survival. The ninth Defiance of the Fall novel builds to a climactic confrontation that defines the Twilight Harbor arc.

Pavi Proczko delivers the ninth installment with the urgency the arc's conclusion demands, his performance carrying the accumulated tension of two volumes building toward this resolution. His voice work during the City of Ancients sequences, where the ancient and the immediate threat converge, is among the series' most atmospheric narration. At just under twenty-three hours, Defiance of the Fall 9 pays off the arc effectively.