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For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow.
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- By Stacy Fair on 12-13-07
By: Robert Jordan
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Medalon
- Demon Child, Book 1
- By: Jennifer Fallon
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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The small country of Medalon lies between the vast nation of Karien in the north and the nations of Fardohnya and Hythria in the south. For centuries the Medalonians co-existed peacefully with the Harshini, a magical race that abhors killing. But now they are gone and in their place the Sisters of the Blade rule Medalon from the Citadel. An elite army of Defenders enforces the Sisterhood's oppressive rule. The Harshini and their demons are believed to be extinct and Medalon has an uneasy peace with its northern and southern neighbours.
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Fantasy, politics and religion
- By Chris on 05-18-14
By: Jennifer Fallon
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The Sworn
- The Fallen Kings Cycle, Book 1
- By: Gail Z. Martin
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
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As plague and famine scourge the Winter Kingdoms, a vast invasion force is mustering from beyond the northern seas. And at its heart, a dark spirit mage wields the blood magic of ancient, vanquished gods. Summoner-King Martris Drayke must attempt to meet this great threat, gathering an army from a country ravaged by civil war. Neighboring lands reel toward anarchy while plague decimates their leaders.
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Above average book with a poor narrator
- By Ross on 02-11-11
By: Gail Z. Martin
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Jester Leaps In
- A Medieval Mystery
- By: Alan Gordon
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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In 13th century Europe, political turmoil is the order of the day and the Fool's Guild and its agents - jesters, jugglers, and knaves to a man - works behind the scenes to manipulate events, trying to maintain a balance of power. Theophilos, a member of the Guild known by many names, is still recovering from his last mission during which he was severely wounded and nearly lost his life but, in the person of Viola, found himself an apprentice and a wife. But there is no rest for the wicked.
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leap in to this series
- By Jessica on 05-22-24
By: Alan Gordon
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The Nectar of Angels
- The Arrowsmith Saga, Book 1
- By: Dane St. John
- Narrated by: R. D. Watson
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
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In the chaos of 14th-century England and France, wine is the nectar of angels - a valuable commodity buttressing kingdoms and vaulting vast fortunes. A mysterious old archer named David Arrowsmith recounts his tale to an eager French chronicler, Jean Créton, when the latter learns that his mission to Scotland seems a failure. The burden of Arrowsmith's story rests with Créton, who suddenly finds himself writing about a seemingly cursed infant that barely escapes the grip of the Black Death in rural Wales when his family dies.
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Really? Where are the honest reviews?
- By julie on 03-26-14
By: Dane St. John
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The Wrath of the Orphans
- Book One of Elmoryn's The Kinless Trilogy
- By: Chris Philbrook
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
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What do you do when everything you've ever known is ripped away from you, leaving nothing but ashes and charred memories behind? You get angry. So very angry. Malwynn and his twin sister, Umaryn, live in a small town in Northern Varrland. In idyllic New Picknell nearly nothing happens, and when their day-to-day routine is interrupted by a skirmish between an invading patrol of the dead from The Amaranth Empire and a defending force from Varrland, their world begins to come undone.
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FURIOUS TICKLING ENSUED
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 09-27-17
By: Chris Philbrook
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Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione
- The Knights of Arrethtrae
- By: Chuck Black
- Narrated by: Andy Turvey, Dawn Marshall
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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As the Knights of the Prince await His triumphant return, they are steadfast in their mission to take His story into the kingdom and recruit as many as are willing. But when a new and dangerous threat is revealed, their mission is jeopardized. Sir Kendrick and his young charge, the impetuous Sir Duncan, are sent on a mission to discover the identity and origin of a secretive new order known as the Conquistero Knights.
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I'm shocked by the high reviews
- By auroragb on 07-15-14
By: Chuck Black
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The First Book of Swords
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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For a game, the gods have given the world 12 Swords of Power so that they might be amused as the nations battle for their possession. But Vulcan the Smith has had his own little joke: the Swords can kill the gods themselves. What started out as Divine Jest has become all too serious as the gods fight to recover the Swords, and mortals discover that the mantle of power is more delicious and more terrible than anything they could have imagined.
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One Of My Very Highest Recommendations!
- By Michael on 02-25-13
By: Fred Saberhagen
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Ink Mage
- A Fire Beneath the Skin, Book 1
- By: Victor Gischler
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In the first installment of the A Fire Beneath the Skin trilogy, the city of Klaar has never fallen. No enemy has ever made it across the Long Bridge or penetrated the city's mighty walls. Even when a powerful invading army shows up at the gates, the duke and his daughter, Rina Veraiin, are certain that it poses little threat. But they are cruelly betrayed from within and, in a horrific spasm of violence, the city is brought to its knees.
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mixed feelings
- By Elvira on 10-28-15
By: Victor Gischler
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The Briar King
- The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Book 1
- By: Greg Keyes
- Narrated by: Patrick Michael
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
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Two thousand years ago, the Born Queen defeated the Skasloi lords, freeing humans from the bitter yoke of slavery. But now monstrous creatures roam the land and destinies become inextricably entangled in a drama of power and seduction. The kings woodsman, a rebellious girl, a young priest, a roguish adventurer, and a young man made suddenly into a knight all face malevolent forces that shake the foundations of the kingdom, even as the Briar King, legendary harbinger of death, awakens from his slumber.
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Good stuff
- By Jake on 06-10-10
By: Greg Keyes
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Murder in Tarsis
- Dragonlance Classics, Book 1
- By: John Maddox Roberts
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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When the Lord of Tarsis finds himself with a politically volatile murder on his hands, he turns to the three most expendable inhabitants of the city of a solution. A mercenary, a poet-assassin, and a thief might not be everyone's first choice for detectives. But they find they're quite good at bringing murderers to justice.
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Amusing enough
- By Brandon on 01-26-15
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Ascension
- The Trysmoon Saga, Book 1
- By: Brian K. Fuller
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Gen was a bard's apprentice, his nimble hands meant for the lute and his voice for a song. Then the half-mad and completely bored Shadan Khairn invaded Gen's village to winter there and start a war. He shoved a sword in Gen's hands and tormented his body, shaping a bard into a warrior to be killed for sport. As the days of torture pile up like the snow, Gen searches for death. But the day is at hand when the shattered shards of the world will knit together again, and the world's slain god will be reborn.
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Fantastic Epic Fantasy
- By Andrew Stone on 05-14-15
By: Brian K. Fuller
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The (Sort of) Dark Mage
- Waldo Rabbit Series, Book 1
- By: Nelson Chereta
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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The (Sort of) Dark Mage is the story of a young man named Waldo who grows up in a world where monsters, the undead, and dark magic are part of everyday life. He is forced to go on a journey to prove himself and soon discovers that his beliefs don't fit into the wider world.
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Engaging, but has no ending.
- By Ryan on 07-30-17
By: Nelson Chereta
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- Sara
- 05-23-17
Great book
it was a great book, but the narrator was a little bland. Need a more emotional voice
Great book though.
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- CuteAsADaisy
- 09-22-19
Reads like an RPG
So I can can see my middle school aged son loving this book. For me personally it read very much like a RPG style book even though the characters are not pulled into a game in this story. It's a good book for those who like the fantasy and RPG genre books. The narrator does a good job, he has a pretty deep voice that starting out seems pretty monotone but does get better as you get further into it.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- trufriends
- 08-11-19
different
it was different then what I was expecting but it didn't lack in drawing me in.
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- Jesstastic
- 09-13-19
A good light-fantasy starter
Blood and Shadows is the first book in the Shadow Trilogy. The story starts out in a very LitRPG-type fantasy world in which all of the world's Assassin Guild leaders are being killed by the relentless Lord Garik, who is set on taking over not only ALL of the Assassin Guilds, but all of the Tar Ebon land. The king worries for his land & people, so he calls upon Sir Dawyn Darklance, head of his elite guard The Shadow Watch Guild, to get to the bottom of who Garik is, his plans, and ultimately take him out. Dawyn gathers a party (fighter/hero, mage, druid, rogue) and starts his journey running into trouble from monsters and people left and right.
While the descriptor does not have this book listed as LitRPG and it doesn't have players that have been sucked into their game world, it definitely reads like one. If you like LitRPGs you should give this book a try. The MC Dawyn has an uncanny magical ability that allows him to slow time, making him a beast in battle and skirmishes. One of the villains can shift from shadow to normal in the blink of an eye, making dodging projectiles easy. Magic everywhere. There's lots of action from pretty much start to finish. I would recommend this book for less hardcore fantasy readers, even going so far as to say that older middle school aged kids that have a love of fantasy books would like it along side adult readers. The fighting isn't super graphic but there is a lot of it.
The end has a sci-fi twist that I would have LOVED to have been hinted at more throughout the book! It sets up a completely different world(s?) than what we learned in the rest of the book. I'm guessing book 2 will envelope that aspect greatly.
The narrator, Scott Barrier has a nice deep voice that is very easy to listen to. The beginning started out a little monotonous, but he worked out of it not to far in. Some accents and pitch changes might have made it a little bit easier to discern who was speaking, but he's a good reader. I would not hesitate to listen to more books he has narrated.
Things that would've brought it to 4 star:
1)Language (class) differences. I do wish the author had embellished his bartender and street folk character with some slang and less proper grammar - they just didn't seem as tough as the lower caste usually does. 2) More Victoria. Victoria was underutilized considering the amount of time she filled at the beginning. I thought she was a MC and then we hardly hear a peep about her for the rest of the book, making her demise anticlimactic. 3) If it has to be there: a better love story. The love arc goes from 0 to 60 in practically 4 seconds and I would feel more invested in the their future together (because I think it will play a vital part in future books) had there been more friendship before the literal insta-love. This isn't an author-only problem, it's a genre problem. I'm not looking for 8 chapters of courting, just a reason beyond "he saved me this morning/I saved her this morning and now we're in love.
I reiterate: I liked this book. I will probably pick up the next.
I was given this book by the author, narrator, or publisher in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
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- Backlash
- 08-10-19
Assassins in charge
when the head of one of the assassins guilds takes over all the others and begins to threaten the lords, something must be done. An action packed adventure with twists and turns. I was given copy of this audio in exchange for an honest review.
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- Josh Noneya
- 08-15-19
Engaging
Story is well done, but the narration was a little rough
Interesting characters and a villain that you can loath
Well done magical fantasy world... and what's this? A hint of Sci-Fi at the end?!
I look forward to more from this author.
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- Layla
- 08-08-19
Saga of the seven stars
This book is predictable but I did not mind since it is fast paced and has plenty of action which I really like.
Would highly recommend.
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- michael martins
- 09-11-19
Blood and Shadows
Blood and Shadow was a pretty good fantasy novel. I quite liked the action, adventure and the premise of the story. I did feel it was a bit lacking in the way the dialogue was written between the characters and their conversations which did not feel completely natural to me and the way some of the characters began to feel and act around each other after knowing each other for such a short time.
The narration is fairly solid and fits well with this type of story. I think this book could use some work but it is still quite enjoyable and am curious to read other books in the series to see how things turn out and if the writing progresses at all.
"Please note I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review."
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- Cindy
- 08-02-19
A Really Good Start
This flowed well. The characters were interesting and. yes, it does make you want to hear more.
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