The Blight of Muirwood is an epic action & adventure fiction novel. It is the second entry in the Legends of Muirwood novel series. The book is written by Jeff Wheeler. He is a bestselling author in Wall Street Journal. He is into full-time writing since 2014 after taking early retirement from his flourishing career at Intel. He gave many exciting novels where one of them being The Hollow Queen. Another worthy title of Jeff Wheeler to share here is The Queen’s Poisoner.
The audio narration of The Blight of Muirwood is done by Kate Rudd. It was a satisfactory performance with good vocal variations offered by the narrator. This is what kept a good story moving along with great excitement.
Lia was rising from her poor beginnings as a lost orphan. She was summoned to be the special guardian and protector of Muirwood Abbey for Ellowyn Demont. He was the lost heir of the fallen kingdom of Pry-Ree. After the death of the cruel king in the Winterwood battle, the phenomenal Aldermaston and the Abbey leader summoned Lia. The purpose was to maximize her excellent magical talent which was needed for saving Muirwood from a couple of new threats. The threat was from a vengeful queen who was accusing the Abbey of the death of her husband. The other considerable threat was a deadly plague with the potential of destroying the entire land.
In between that turmoil, the battle continues. Soon Lia came to know that the magic of the world had started to falter quite quickly.
The Blight of Muirwood is a fast-moving fantasy that is well-narrated and worth a chance.
