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The Ruined Gods #3
Titanica
All Things Must End.
Zeus’s plan for vengeance has failed. Blinded by hubris and petty hate, the greatest of the Gods unwittingly released his father, Cronos, from the bowels of the Underworld. The Titan now rules Olympus while his son lies imprisoned within, shackled to a throne that is no longer his.
For the inhabitants of Tyrris, there will be no redemption. They have spread too far; changed too much. They riddle the land like a disease, clinging tenaciously to their deluded ideals of freedom. Such a plague cannot be cured, only excised. Burnt and bloodied until there is nothing left. A clean slate from which to start anew.
And so, the human race begins to fall apart. Swallowed by the corruption of The Citrine Wastes. Slaughtered by the relentless myrmidon army. Strategos Dexios and his allies have nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. They are alone.
Unless. There are others who still resist. Who still believe. Frail and weary, but not yet broken.
They are the Exiled.
The Banished.
The Ruined Gods.
Zeus’s plan for vengeance has failed. Blinded by hubris and petty hate, the greatest of the Gods unwittingly released his father, Cronos, from the bowels of the Underworld. The Titan now rules Olympus while his son lies imprisoned within, shackled to a throne that is no longer his.
For the inhabitants of Tyrris, there will be no redemption. They have spread too far; changed too much. They riddle the land like a disease, clinging tenaciously to their deluded ideals of freedom. Such a plague cannot be cured, only excised. Burnt and bloodied until there is nothing left. A clean slate from which to start anew.
And so, the human race begins to fall apart. Swallowed by the corruption of The Citrine Wastes. Slaughtered by the relentless myrmidon army. Strategos Dexios and his allies have nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. They are alone.
Unless. There are others who still resist. Who still believe. Frail and weary, but not yet broken.
They are the Exiled.
The Banished.
The Ruined Gods.
- GenresFantasy
401 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 11, 2024
33 people are currently reading
192 people want to read
About the author
Alex Robins
12 books97 followersAlex Robins was born in Norwich, England back when it was still trendy to wear lycra tracksuits and bright pink headbands. Norwich School Library was where he first discovered his love of reading, an old converted undercroft packed to the rafters with books. The first fantasy series he read was The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis & Tracey Hickman, quickly followed by The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and David Eddings' The Belgariad.
At the age of twelve Alex moved across the channel to Nantes in France. Speaking very little French, the first few years were difficult and sometimes lonely as he scrambled to get a grip on the intricate grammar and vocabulary of the French language. His taste in books branched out from epic fantasy to science-fiction, mysteries, thrillers, and historical fiction, but he always came back to his favourite fantasy authors when looking to escape the outside world.
After degrees in agronomy, project management, and computer sciences, Alex founded his own company dedicated to online voting. He met his wife during a game of badminton and they spent several years getting trounced in various regional tournaments before getting married. Alex now lives in the sunny Loire Valley in western France, surrounded by imposing castles, sprawling vineyards, and two children. After reading fantasy books for the last thirty years he decided to write one. The Broken Heart of Arelium is his first novel, and the first in the War of the Twelve series.
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April 20, 2024
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Titanica is the third and final book in the Ruined Gods series, a fantasy inspired by Greek mythology written by Alex Robins; Cronos took advantage of his son Zeus' hubris, and got control over the Olympus. After shackling Zeus to his throne, Cronos' next steps involves eliminating the inhabitants of Tyrris, as they are too attached to freedom; the situation is catastrophic for the human race, but there's still a hope if they join forces with the Gods. A new reenactment of the Titanomachy.
Multiple turns and emotional moments await you in this final book. Strategos Dexios is trying to command the human forces in a futile attempt to stop the advancement of the myrmidons; Malkar and Helena sneak their way into mount Olympus and manage to liberate Zeus, but paying a high prize in the process.
Cronos seems unstoppable, and that will drive all our characters to form a final alliance to resist against the Titan and his forces; Thena will be the place for that final battle. Robins gifts us with some of the most emotional moments of the trilogy in this context, such as the family reunion between Dexios and Keres and the final acceptance of their destiny.
All the character arcs that were nurtured and developed during the two previous books have taken us to the great finale; a series whose scale has growth with each book, until the end is inevitable, in one direction or another. With Robins' clear writing style, you can almost picture the tension and the gravity of those moments, and still, you can get surprised at points by the unexpected.
In comparison with the two previous books, while the worldbuilding is still expanded a bit, Titanica prefers continuity, using the foundations to embrace the epicness. Pacing is excellent, alternating different POVs, allowing to discharge the pressure at many points before continuing with the plot.
Titanica is the culmination The Ruined Gods deserved; I totally recommend you to pick the full series as soon as possible if you enjoy mythology or if epic fantasy is your jam. I loved this series, and can't wait to see which next project Robins has for the future.
Titanica is the third and final book in the Ruined Gods series, a fantasy inspired by Greek mythology written by Alex Robins; Cronos took advantage of his son Zeus' hubris, and got control over the Olympus. After shackling Zeus to his throne, Cronos' next steps involves eliminating the inhabitants of Tyrris, as they are too attached to freedom; the situation is catastrophic for the human race, but there's still a hope if they join forces with the Gods. A new reenactment of the Titanomachy.
Multiple turns and emotional moments await you in this final book. Strategos Dexios is trying to command the human forces in a futile attempt to stop the advancement of the myrmidons; Malkar and Helena sneak their way into mount Olympus and manage to liberate Zeus, but paying a high prize in the process.
Cronos seems unstoppable, and that will drive all our characters to form a final alliance to resist against the Titan and his forces; Thena will be the place for that final battle. Robins gifts us with some of the most emotional moments of the trilogy in this context, such as the family reunion between Dexios and Keres and the final acceptance of their destiny.
All the character arcs that were nurtured and developed during the two previous books have taken us to the great finale; a series whose scale has growth with each book, until the end is inevitable, in one direction or another. With Robins' clear writing style, you can almost picture the tension and the gravity of those moments, and still, you can get surprised at points by the unexpected.
In comparison with the two previous books, while the worldbuilding is still expanded a bit, Titanica prefers continuity, using the foundations to embrace the epicness. Pacing is excellent, alternating different POVs, allowing to discharge the pressure at many points before continuing with the plot.
Titanica is the culmination The Ruined Gods deserved; I totally recommend you to pick the full series as soon as possible if you enjoy mythology or if epic fantasy is your jam. I loved this series, and can't wait to see which next project Robins has for the future.
April 21, 2024
amazing ending
Keeping this short and sweet. I can almost guaranteed anyone who enjoyed the first two books will appreciate the ending. It’s a wonderful conclusion to one of my favorite trilogies of the past year.
Keeping this short and sweet. I can almost guaranteed anyone who enjoyed the first two books will appreciate the ending. It’s a wonderful conclusion to one of my favorite trilogies of the past year.
November 10, 2024
Read the first five letters of the title. Think about how Robins leveled up the plot from book one to book two with the gods. Now read the first five letters of the title again.
In retrospect, it makes perfect sense to progress the story to include dad and mom. The passing down of generational trauma is something we’re intimately familiar with in this day and age.
As a closing novel to a large mythological trilogy, I would give this a 5 star banger rate. If I could cry, I would have (trauma speaking). The way Dexios, Keres, B-thenna, Makar, Elena, Melia, and so many other characters have their redemption moments past their metanoia. Moments I would have never predicted with my feeble human mind.
Out of the three novels, Titanica was my favorite. I was hooked all the way from the first page to the last. There’s a special, visceral reaction I had in the last quarter of the book where I looked up as if looking to a a camera (breaking the fourth wall as we all do right?), and I said “Alex, what the f*ck is wrong with you. Why this?”
Give this book its flowers NOW!
In retrospect, it makes perfect sense to progress the story to include dad and mom. The passing down of generational trauma is something we’re intimately familiar with in this day and age.
As a closing novel to a large mythological trilogy, I would give this a 5 star banger rate. If I could cry, I would have (trauma speaking). The way Dexios, Keres, B-thenna, Makar, Elena, Melia, and so many other characters have their redemption moments past their metanoia. Moments I would have never predicted with my feeble human mind.
Out of the three novels, Titanica was my favorite. I was hooked all the way from the first page to the last. There’s a special, visceral reaction I had in the last quarter of the book where I looked up as if looking to a a camera (breaking the fourth wall as we all do right?), and I said “Alex, what the f*ck is wrong with you. Why this?”
Give this book its flowers NOW!
June 28, 2024
A well written ending to an incredible trilogy.
I played Hades recently and was left with an itch for some more Greek mythology and here it was, three books and a novella ready to scratch that itch, and scratch it they did.
As Alex mentioned, it's not historical fiction, but fantasy, and to be honest, it was amazing, a beautifully built world with carefully crafted characters. Some of whom you might initially dislike, but in the end you see them grow and they manage to sway you into liking them.
Just as I was about to finish the third book I saw that we'll get a new story set in the War of the Twelve world at the end of the year, I'm excited for that and at the same time hopeful that at some point we might catch a glimpse of what our Theneans have been up to in the meantime, and even if we don't, I'll just be waiting to see what other worlds Alex will bring to life in his next books.
I played Hades recently and was left with an itch for some more Greek mythology and here it was, three books and a novella ready to scratch that itch, and scratch it they did.
As Alex mentioned, it's not historical fiction, but fantasy, and to be honest, it was amazing, a beautifully built world with carefully crafted characters. Some of whom you might initially dislike, but in the end you see them grow and they manage to sway you into liking them.
Just as I was about to finish the third book I saw that we'll get a new story set in the War of the Twelve world at the end of the year, I'm excited for that and at the same time hopeful that at some point we might catch a glimpse of what our Theneans have been up to in the meantime, and even if we don't, I'll just be waiting to see what other worlds Alex will bring to life in his next books.
May 7, 2024
War of the Gods
After suffering through several unrelated bad books before this one, it was such a breath of fresh air to read something this good. I devoured it, couldn't read it fast enough, and didn't want to ever put it down. Dexios is a mortal man trying to find his place in a wars amongst gods. Elena, Makar, and Keres all come to understand their responsibilities and grow into the roles they're expected to fill. Not every character survives, and not everyone gets a happy ending. Overall it was really good. It ends, but is left wide open for future installments. Poseidon is mentioned a few times and it's heavily implied there's more to his story, so I'd love to read about that. Other characters don't really get an ending, so I wish there had been more detail about what happens to them, but that's my only complaint about the book. I hope the author continues the series and that the next entry comes quick
After suffering through several unrelated bad books before this one, it was such a breath of fresh air to read something this good. I devoured it, couldn't read it fast enough, and didn't want to ever put it down. Dexios is a mortal man trying to find his place in a wars amongst gods. Elena, Makar, and Keres all come to understand their responsibilities and grow into the roles they're expected to fill. Not every character survives, and not everyone gets a happy ending. Overall it was really good. It ends, but is left wide open for future installments. Poseidon is mentioned a few times and it's heavily implied there's more to his story, so I'd love to read about that. Other characters don't really get an ending, so I wish there had been more detail about what happens to them, but that's my only complaint about the book. I hope the author continues the series and that the next entry comes quick
April 21, 2025
I mostly liked it
I think my main thing is how inconsistent the gods are strong or not and can die from humans but same injuries made by titans or gods can heal? Just weird. A god can die from an arrow in the chest? Just a normal arrow not empowered or anything? It made sense when Zeus weakened hades that a sword could kill him but one wrong arrow killed Aphrodite? Just doesn’t feel right for gods. Especially when a titan can injure them so much and then they just heal. I also thought Zeus and Hera should have been cooler, more action and powers. I did like how the characters developed and locking the titan away. And there is no way the colossus makes sense. Aphrodite husband wouldn’t have made her a suit of armor that hurt her so much to keep her alive. I mostly liked it even if I don’t think a few things make sense.
I think my main thing is how inconsistent the gods are strong or not and can die from humans but same injuries made by titans or gods can heal? Just weird. A god can die from an arrow in the chest? Just a normal arrow not empowered or anything? It made sense when Zeus weakened hades that a sword could kill him but one wrong arrow killed Aphrodite? Just doesn’t feel right for gods. Especially when a titan can injure them so much and then they just heal. I also thought Zeus and Hera should have been cooler, more action and powers. I did like how the characters developed and locking the titan away. And there is no way the colossus makes sense. Aphrodite husband wouldn’t have made her a suit of armor that hurt her so much to keep her alive. I mostly liked it even if I don’t think a few things make sense.
February 9, 2025
Amazing series
This was such an amazing series from start to finish. Outstanding conclusion to this series literally had tears streaming down my face from such a hard won battle. Can not recommend this authors (Alex's) work enough every book I have had the pleasure to read has been totally amazing. He deserves an award! Look forward to reading any of his books to come ....
This was such an amazing series from start to finish. Outstanding conclusion to this series literally had tears streaming down my face from such a hard won battle. Can not recommend this authors (Alex's) work enough every book I have had the pleasure to read has been totally amazing. He deserves an award! Look forward to reading any of his books to come ....
April 19, 2024
What an epic conclusion to the Ruined Gods saga. What more is there to say?
February 4, 2025
A fantastic end to the trilogy.
Really enjoyed this series and the way it ties up. I think anyone who has read these books will appreciate the ending.
Really enjoyed this series and the way it ties up. I think anyone who has read these books will appreciate the ending.
July 26, 2024
Wow! What an ending to a great trilogy.
The way things were wrapped up, but then left wide open at the same time was incredible.
Give me more please. I need to know about Poseidon, I need to know about Weaver.
Alex Robins, I had never heard about you before, then a random Facebook post popped onto my screen, but you have quickly become one of my favourites. Now I need to get on with buying your others works
The way things were wrapped up, but then left wide open at the same time was incredible.
Give me more please. I need to know about Poseidon, I need to know about Weaver.
Alex Robins, I had never heard about you before, then a random Facebook post popped onto my screen, but you have quickly become one of my favourites. Now I need to get on with buying your others works
August 16, 2024
Titanica is a brilliant ending to a fantastic series. I’ve loved each book in this series more than the previous. Alex Robins does a masterful job showing an epic fantasy world inspired by Ancient Greece and influenced by their gods.
December 11, 2024
What a fantastic conclusion to a brilliant trilogy. A no holds barred epic that had me unable to put it down, gasping every five minutes and crying at the end. Such wonderful writing, such beautiful characters that jumped off the page. The epic battle scenes and the unexpected twists and turns were just outstanding. A really fantastic piece of writing that I'll be thinking about for a long time and that will definitely make me reach for more of Alex Robins' work.
My only question: What about the Ephebes? Tychos? I need to know!!!
My only question: What about the Ephebes? Tychos? I need to know!!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 15, 2025
Loved seeing everything come together. Definitely one of my more favorite series’s
I only wonder why Ares wasn’t included. Considering he is the god of War, but alas it’s a fantasy not a retelling.
I only wonder why Ares wasn’t included. Considering he is the god of War, but alas it’s a fantasy not a retelling.
June 27, 2025
A good ending to a good series.
The final couple of chapters were really good, and the level of chaos & destruction was expected considering the circumstances. However, and this is by no means a reflection on the author; I felt slightly underwhelmed once it was all said and done.
As I said in my reviews of the previous two books; I feel like this book/series moved very fast. With things happening, and happening, and happening, payoff, then move on to something else. That's good for keeping you reading, but [to me] it felt like it was moving too quick, and didn't let things simmer.
Like before that could be viewed as a good thing that Robbins does not let things drag on, and fluff out with words to increase the page count.
All in all it was a good series. I will EVENTUALLY buy the physical copies because the art work on the covers is incredible.
The final couple of chapters were really good, and the level of chaos & destruction was expected considering the circumstances. However, and this is by no means a reflection on the author; I felt slightly underwhelmed once it was all said and done.
As I said in my reviews of the previous two books; I feel like this book/series moved very fast. With things happening, and happening, and happening, payoff, then move on to something else. That's good for keeping you reading, but [to me] it felt like it was moving too quick, and didn't let things simmer.
Like before that could be viewed as a good thing that Robbins does not let things drag on, and fluff out with words to increase the page count.
All in all it was a good series. I will EVENTUALLY buy the physical copies because the art work on the covers is incredible.
August 17, 2025
great read
All three books were great to read, but this ending was wonderful and I couldn’t put it down until I finished. I loved his aspects of history, mythology, and fantasy combined to make an incredible journey in my mind.
All three books were great to read, but this ending was wonderful and I couldn’t put it down until I finished. I loved his aspects of history, mythology, and fantasy combined to make an incredible journey in my mind.
April 1, 2024
This was a tremendous finale (..unless..?) to a well-written mythology. I admit I struggled with graphically visceral descriptions, which are part of what mythology generally explores. I felt that this book spent a little more time in that very visual violence that I would have liked to have had spent on the characters’ plans and plots like the first book, but that could be my love of the characters just wanting more of them. I found myself wishing for the humorous exchanges to include more expression of the intention in Elena’s prickly fierceness and the surprising tensile strength of Graycea’s seeming tenuous fragility. I did appreciate these interludes between the wrenching events regardless.
The monsters are truly fearsome, and the exhaustion of what feels like an endless struggle to hold onto a tiny silken thread of hope is almost tangible. I feel emotionally exhausted and thankful I made it safely to the other side of this engrossing story that takes the reader very intensely along for the ride.
The multiple twists and turns, the encouraging surprises and the heart-breaking failures ring with all of the original passion and poignance of all mythology, making a very strong case for the difference between the mythology of petty gods wreaking true havoc on humans and the heroic-gods cartoon versions. It’s also an interesting perspective on how human dynamics reflect those of the gods, even right down to failed romance.
Such a well-written, densely-packed series, definitely thankful for the recap at the beginning because all of the details are part of the threads weaving this complex legend!
I was only too happy to leap at the opportunity to receive an ARC for Titanica, and I’m leaving this review because I want to.
The monsters are truly fearsome, and the exhaustion of what feels like an endless struggle to hold onto a tiny silken thread of hope is almost tangible. I feel emotionally exhausted and thankful I made it safely to the other side of this engrossing story that takes the reader very intensely along for the ride.
The multiple twists and turns, the encouraging surprises and the heart-breaking failures ring with all of the original passion and poignance of all mythology, making a very strong case for the difference between the mythology of petty gods wreaking true havoc on humans and the heroic-gods cartoon versions. It’s also an interesting perspective on how human dynamics reflect those of the gods, even right down to failed romance.
Such a well-written, densely-packed series, definitely thankful for the recap at the beginning because all of the details are part of the threads weaving this complex legend!
I was only too happy to leap at the opportunity to receive an ARC for Titanica, and I’m leaving this review because I want to.
April 1, 2024
The Gods, Titans, and humans continue fighting against each other and with great consequences. The Yellow Death continues to cause devastation and take many lives. Crones needs to be stopped but his strength is too much for everyone. So, they need to figure out how to defeat him. Lots of unpredictable and intense moments. Friends will be gained and lost. Great characters and creatures. Outstanding trilogy! But will this be the end? Alex Robins has outdone himself with the trilogy and ending of the series and I would recommend it to all readers.
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