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The Ring and the Ruin
The Shards (Related to this series)
- Author
- Michael Livingston
- Narrator
- John Smith
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 15 January 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The thrilling conclusion to Michael Livingston's historical fantasy trilogy THE SHARDS, which reveals the clandestine celestial conflict that shaped human history.
The Ark of the Covenant has been spirited out of Egypt to Petra, along with the last of its guardians. But dark forces are in pursuit...
Three demons, inadvertently unleashed by Juba of Numidia and the daughter of Cleopatra, are in league with Tiberius, son and heir of Augustus Caesar. They've seized two of the fabled Shards of Heaven, lost treasures said to possess the very power of God, and are desperately hunting the rest.
Through war and assassination, from Rome to the fabled Temple Mount of Jerusalem and on to the very gates of Heaven itself, the forces of good and evil will collide in a climactic battle that threatens the very fabric of Creation.
Book 3 in THE SHARDS TRILOGY
#1 The Arc and the Empire
#2 The Spear and the Temple
#3 The Ring and the Mountain
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Details
- Author
- Michael Livingston
- Narrator
- John Smith
- Duration
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035926312
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Historical fantasy, Fantasy, Epic fantasy / high fantasy
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Ring and the Ruin by Michael Livingston, read by John Smith. The thrilling conclusion to Michael Livingston's historical fantasy trilogy THE SHARDS, which reveals the clandestine celestial conflict that shaped human history. The Ark of the Covenant has been spirited out of Egypt to Petra, along with the last of its guardians. But dark forces are in pursuit...Three demons, inadvertently unleashed by Juba of Numidia and the daughter of Cleopatra, are in league with Tiberius, son and heir of Augustus Caesar. They've seized two of the fabled Shards of Heaven, lost treasures said to possess the very power of God, and are desperately hunting the rest.Through war and assassination, from Rome to the fabled Temple Mount of Jerusalem and on to the very gates of Heaven itself, the forces of good and evil will collide in a climactic battle that threatens the very fabric of Creation.Book 3 in THE SHARDS TRILOGY#1 The Arc and the Empire#2 The Spear and the Temple#3 The Ring and the Mountain
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