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  • A Darkness Returns

  • The Dragonwar Saga, Book 1
  • By: Raymond E. Feist
  • Narrated by: David Thorpe
  • Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (46 ratings)

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A Darkness Returns

By: Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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From legendary author Raymond E. Feist, the first installment in an epic new series that will join his acclaimed Firemane Saga with his signature Riftwar Cycle in a riveting, conclusive adventure.

As worlds collide . . .

Hatushaly, last scion of the Firemane dynasty; his beloved Hava, and their dubious friend Donte have been transported across space and time from their war-torn world of Garn to the relative peace of Midkemia.

There, on Sorcerer’s Isle, under the guidance of the great magician Magnus and his reincarnated father Pug, Hatu will explore and expand his unique magical abilities: for if Garn is to be saved, they will be needed.

With the evil Pride Lords defeated, the Church of the One has risen to bring death and destruction to Hatu’s home world. The kingdom of Ilcomen has fallen, and now the Church is sending forces to Marquensas, where Daylon Dumarch has declared himself king, and master swordsmith Declan Smith finds himself suddenly raised to the status of prince and war commander.

But there are even greater menaces than the Church of the One waiting in the wings, beings from the Void, creatures born of Darkness. . .

©2024 Raymond E. Feist (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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Spoiler--Pug's Alive

I truly love how Ray Almonds tells a story. I love all of the characters.

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once again start or continuation of a great series... loving it .so hopefully don't have to wait to long for the next book

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Great book

I will never understand while Feist is not mentioned in the same breath as Robert Jordan or even Tolkien. This universe that he created is so deep and rich, and the characters are so amazing.

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Great!!

I feel this book is for the true fans of R.E.F..
I don’t have a problem with the reader although it’s weird without Peter Joyce..My hopes are can we get Derek Perkins to redo all of John M books??

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really enjoyed the fact the same narrator was used

I absolutely hate the fact that he pronounced the names different it makes it hard to remember if the characters are the same or if there different... otherwise he did a wonderful job.

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Feist forgot his own cannon.

The first book King of ashes was good and the2nd and 3rd were OK, but with this new cycle he is rewriting cannon. As for the narration can a narrator that is new to the serries listen to the previous narrators to get the pronunciations correct.

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Luke.warm

Great fan of the magician series. This is like oil and water storywise. Peter Joyce is sorely needed. If the narator says Kriddy its like a toothache.

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Shallow compared with Magician series

I’m big fan of Magician series, I lost count of how many books I read. This one feels like it was conceived a bit in a rush. Re-explaining concepts for the characters that they should already known just to be re-explained again few chapters later to the point of getting annoying. Other issue was a couple of oversights on the story that were a bummer. (spoiler alert) Ie: 1) chapter 30 Magnus is transporting back and forth in Garn meanwhile Hatu is on Midkemia, that shouldn’t be possible as described in the beginning of the book. 2) why all the trouble of passing a ship through a rift?! Just haul things over the rift! It would be faster, easier and safer. Over engineering doesn’t land well with century old wisdom. It feels like the book spends too much time on trivial things instead of going deeper in complexity and philosophy. In any case, it’s a fun book but not to the level of the Magician series. I hope it gets better on next books.

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