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Long Price Quartet, Book 1
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Daniel Abraham
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The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit Seedless, an andat bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Saraykeht has always been too strong for the Galts to attack, but now they see an opportunity.
If they can dispose of Heshai, Seedless will perish and the entire city will fall. In the middle is Otah, a simple laborer with a complex past. Recruited to act as a bodyguard for his girlfriend's boss at a secret meeting, he inadvertently learns of the Galtish plot. Otah finds himself as the sole hope of Saraykeht: either he stops the Galts or the whole city and everyone in it perishes forever.
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Booktrack Edition: The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya. Senlin is determined to find Marya, but to do so he'll have to navigate madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters. He must survive betrayal, assassins, and the illusions of the Tower.
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So Entertaining
- By Jamie on 12-11-21
By: Josiah Bancroft
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City of Stairs
- By: Robert Jackson Bennett
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions - until its divine protectors were killed. Now Bulikov has become just another colonial outpost of the world's new geopolitical power, but the surreal landscape of the city itself - first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it - stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former supremacy. Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani.
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Something Different
- By Scott S. on 10-17-14
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Sheepfarmer's Daughter
- The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Moon
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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Refusing to marry a pig farmer and joining the army, even if it means never seeing her family again, Paksenarrion begins an adventure that enables her to restore an overthrown ruler.
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Enjoyable Listen!
- By Josiah on 07-30-10
By: Elizabeth Moon
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The Curse of the Mistwraith
- The Wars of Light and Shadow, Book 1
- By: Janny Wurts
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 28 hrs
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Athera is besieged by the Mistwraith, which blights the land and dims the mysteries guarded by the last fugitives of the old bloodlines. But from a prophecy springs hope: the gifts of two brothers – one dark, one fair, raised on opposite sides of a relentless war – when paired may challenge the Mistwraith’s invasion, though at brutal cost.
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The start of a masterpiece
- By Blaise Ancona on 04-25-24
By: Janny Wurts
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Prince of Thorns
- By: Mark Lawrence
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Author Mark Lawrence has won over audiences everywhere with Prince of Thorns, his exciting debut novel. Nine-year-old Prince Jorg is forced to watch as his mother and brother are slaughtered. Fleeing the palace, Jorg joins a bloodthirsty band of thugs. But he’s determined to take back what’s rightfully his, so he returns to the castle a few years later - unaware of the dark and powerful magic that awaits.
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It sticks in your head.
- By Door on 09-07-13
By: Mark Lawrence
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Tigana
- By: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
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Eight of the nine Palm provinces of the Peninsula have been overcome by warrior sorcerers Brandin and Alberico. But the sorcerers don't know that a small band of survivors is plotting their removal. With tensions mounting, the sorcerers become increasingly at odds as each decides where his own path - and that of the land - should truly lie.
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A little self-indulgent
- By Diana M. on 05-31-20
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
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The Infernal City
- Elder Scrolls Series #1
- By: Greg Keyes
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Four decades after the Oblivion Crisis, Tamriel is threatened anew by an ancient and all-consuming evil. It is Umbriel, a floating city that casts a terrifying shadow-for wherever it falls, people die and rise again. And it is in Umbriel's shadow that a great adventure begins and a group of unlikely heroes meet. A legendary prince with a secret. A spy on the trail of a vast conspiracy. A mage obsessed with his desire for revenge. And Annaïg, a young girl in whose hands the fate of Tamriel may rest.
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Umbriel is coming
- By Brenden Zapp on 02-01-13
By: Greg Keyes
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The Traitor Baru Cormorant
- By: Seth Dickinson
- Narrated by: Christine Marshall
- Length: 14 hrs
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In Seth Dickinson's highly anticipated debut The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a young woman from a conquered people tries to transform an empire in this richly imagined geopolitical fantasy. Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people - even her soul.
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Read for detail explainations, skip otherwise
- By Nathan on 10-19-15
By: Seth Dickinson
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Kushiel's Dart
- By: Jacqueline Carey
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 31 hrs and 5 mins
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The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.
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The Kushiel series in order
- By Glen Gaines on 10-27-09
By: Jacqueline Carey
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American Elsewhere
- By: Robert Jackson Bennett
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
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Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico. And the closer Mona gets to her mother's past, the more she understands that the people of Wink are very, very different....
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You are entering the twighlight zone
- By Lisa on 07-29-13
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- By: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian North. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.
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Read, don't listen, to this book
- By Kaylee on 02-24-19
By: N. K. Jemisin
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- Michelle Tremain
- 06-09-21
I’m sorry.
Very hard to get in to for me. The names were so similar it was hard to keep the characters straight. Couldn’t finish it.
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- Thuendermans
- 05-09-15
Couple torn over narrator, both loved story
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
The story, yes. The narrator? Maybe not.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
I think the difficulties in narration might have more to do with direction than voice talent, though I haven't listened to other works by Neil, so I can't say. My husband 'never noticed' any issues and 'didn't mind' the things I found frustrating to the point of wanting to just go buy the paper books. The issues I had were:Volume modulation: (too much) Even in time of great passion/distress/terror in an audiobook, the actual volume level, for the comfort of the listener, should stay within a small spectrum. Whispers that are difficult to hear are frustrating, and yells that are *actually* yelled are literally painful. Most people I know use earbuds or headphones to listen to books, and what's comfortable at a talk is very jarring, if not painful, at a yell. Neil needs to cultivate his stage whisper and fake yell.Tonal modulation: (not enough) Neil sounds bored. Or maybe... like a he's trying to read a history? Or a dictionary? I'm not sure what the directed or intended tone was, but the lack of modulation sounds bored to me. I'm not sure how to describe it in text, but imagine the tonal variations of someone speaking with an Irish accent. That's one extreme. Very melodic, as much inflected as said. Now imagine a type-to-talk program, a digital voice reading text. Neil is much closer, in this book, to the latter than the former. Maybe some readers like it (like my husband, who didn't notice) because it's 'not distracting,' but I can't say I agree. I kept thinking how interesting the content was, but weighing that against how bored I felt. I was more interested in the book when I wasn't actually listening.Overall I'd say the story has been very good. (Especially considering the acclaim of my husband, who has made it through the series and LOVED it. I have not... yet.) but the narration/direction makes me suggest this book be read, not listened to.
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- Tkinsey3
- 03-23-21
Great Writing; Decent Narration
This is an extremely beautiful story, written by arguably the most underrated writer in Fantasy, Daniel Abraham. The narration by Neil Shah is good, but not great.
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- Tom Hofmeister
- 12-05-24
Slow progression
It’s a cool idea, but it moves really slowly. It also doesn’t explain enough what the poets can do and how they do it. That being said i like the characters and the moral standings highlighted.
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- Scott H.
- 09-13-15
Audio Performance adds confusion
Any additional comments?
I think Neil Shah does a great job except that there is no indication when the PoV changes. Within each chapter you might have several different perspectives taking over but unfortunately where the books likely have (I'm assuming here) a visual indicator such as a triple line space or double line with ellipsis - this audiobook simply continues reading with barely a slightly longer pause than a normal paragraph break.
This can actually probably be blamed on the studio rather than Neil Shah - I don't know how much input he'd have on editing.
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- Nick
- 12-21-16
Well written but it doesn't feel like much happens
I like the weighting and his turn of phrase is good, but the story wasn't very interesting. Great world creation, well hashed out but the story was a little boring.
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- JPaladin
- 04-29-15
Engaging idea, pretty well done.
I'm not in love with this book, but it was an interesting idea. This is a world where to be a poet has immense importance and power--and yet the limitations and the struggle of the craft plague the artist.
The characters are well-written and interesting. The plot meanders a bit. I haven't gone on to the second book yet, but I will probably do so.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-06-22
so-so
I finished it, but it wasn't anything close to a page-turner. Seedless was my favorite character, but he was under-developed for my tastes
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- Daniel G. Thron
- 04-26-19
haunting and original
A Shadow in Summer is one of the most original fantasy novels I have read in many years, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. It is haunting, beautiful, and filled with sad, sweet characters. Not to mention, one of my favorite villains and a long time.
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- Cody
- 10-28-14
Worth the Wait
I was super excited when I was browsing Audible and noticed this series was finally in audio format. Having already listened to Abraham's newer series, Dagger and Coin, I had high expectations for this older acclaimed series. I wasn't disappointed. Abraham's style is fairly unique, he writes fantasy but without the usual heroes and villains. If you are looking for melee or magical combat this book doesn't have it, it does have some great characters, plot, and suspense.
Best of all you won't have to wait long for the other books in the series, all are scheduled to be released before the end of 2014.
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