The Champion: Contender Book 3

Taran Matharu

Aug 2021 · Contender Book 3 · Sold by Feiwel & Friends

About this ebook

In Taran Matharu's The Champion, the explosive final book in the Contender trilogy, Cade and his friends wage the ultimate battle for their lives—and the fate of Earth itself—in the Game set by the cruel and mysterious Pantheon...

Cade has managed to survive the duel with the Hydra Alpha—barely. But the Games are far from over.

By order of their cruel and mysterious overlord, Abaddon, Cade and his friends are sent off to war against the Greys, a humanoid race who have far surpassed humans in technology on their home planet. This attempt to move up the leaderboard, however, leads Cade to a game-changing revelation: The Pantheon—the millennia-old alien masterminds behind the Games—have a weakness.

With the right artifacts scavenged from the land of Acies and a heavy dose of courage and luck, Cade has exactly one chance to end their tyranny forever. But if he fails, the lives of his friends—and the survival of Earth itself—will be forfeit.

Ratings and reviews

Don't get me wrong I loved the series. just the rushed ending when the first part of the book was 60% of it, and the climax was 2 chapters. The drastic tone changes to go with the simplicity of the aliens kinda made this book a bummer series for me. It was a let down with how jumbled it all became with like 50 pages left. Come on Matharu either extend the book, ot add another book to the series.

I can't believe the one on one battle was left out of the previous book and never explained or relived in this book. That ruined the whole trilogy fir me.

About the author

Taran Matharu is the author of the Contender trilogy and the New York Times–bestselling Summoner series: The Novice (Book One), The Inquisition (Book Two), The Battlemage (Book Three), The Outcast (the prequel), and The Summoner's Handbook; the series has been compared to the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series. Taran Matharu lives in London.