
Children of Fire
The Chaos Born, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Phil Gigante
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By:
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Drew Karpyshyn
Drew Karpyshyn has made his mark with imaginative, action-packed work on several acclaimed videogames, including Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, as well as in a succession of New York Times best-selling tie-in novels. Now Karpyshyn introduces a brilliantly innovative epic fantasy of perilous quests, tormented heroes, and darkest sorcery - a thrilling adventure that vaults him into the company of such authors as Terry Goodkind, Brandon Sanderson, and Peter V. Brett.
Long ago the gods chose a great hero to act as their agent in the mortal world and to stand against the demonic spawn of Chaos. The gods gifted their champion, Daemron, with three magical Talismans: a sword, a ring, and a crown. But the awesome power at his command corrupted Daemron, turning him from savior to destroyer. Filled with pride, he dared to challenge the gods themselves. Siding with the Chaos spawn, Daemron waged a titanic battle against the Immortals. In the end, Daemron was defeated, the Talismans were lost, and Chaos was sealed off behind the Legacy - a magical barrier the gods sacrificed themselves to create.
Now the Legacy is fading. On the other side, the banished Daemron stirs. And across the scattered corners of the land, four children are born of suffering and strife, each touched by one aspect of Daemron himself - wizard, warrior, prophet, king.
Bound by a connection deeper than blood, the Children of Fire will either restore the Legacy or bring it crashing down, freeing Daemron to wreak his vengeance upon the mortal world.
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Overall?
That's what this story (and this series as a whole) is: a good, simple story with a nice linear trajectory. A perfect relaxing read (listen) with a few intensity moments to keep your interest throughout. Fairly likeable characters that can be relatable at times, setting is familiar and welcoming while also being strange and hostile in its own way.
This book, Children of Fire, is by far the strongest of the series, and in many ways this mirrors what the Mass Effect videogame trilogy would have been if Drew had been allowed to write 3 as well.
Narration?
Phil Gigante does a good job with different male voices (naturally), but he does struggle with female voices. He can create one or two believable female voices but the rest are like Skyrim NPCs, different names but the same voice.
Performance?
Like the title suggests, I found the production (narration, music, editing, pacing) to be agreeable and simplistic. For those who are looking for more grandeur this will leave you wanting, but if you go into this fairly unassuming then you will be pleased with the outcome.
Sufficient and Agreeable, a simple story.
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Brutal yet excellent
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I understand why people who quit in the middle of this book find it so disappointing, the entire first half of it is back-stories and details about characters that have not yet been properly introduced, I didn't pay much attention in the first part and so missed out on a lot of that information.
The one thing that kept me going was "this is what Karpyshyn left Star Wars and Mass Effect for, it has to be worth it" I was almost 75% into the book and still forcing myself to bare with it just a bit more.
But then at the end it finally started picking up the pace and I finally started to enjoy it and follow along with all the details, I wouldn't say it's better than Karpyshyn's other sci-fi books but it is still quite enjoyable.
And despite Karpyshyn's attempt to move far away from his other works to create a brand new saga, this book has the Star Wars feel all over it, it even has friggen' Jedi's in it, well they're not called Jedi's but they still are Jedi's and since Jedi's are awesome, this book is awesome.
I don't usually read book a second time but I think I will make an exception for this one, not because I liked it so much but because you'll miss out on more than half of it if you only read it once.
And I am definitely reading the second book as soon as it comes out, I think it will have no problems with pace as all the ground work has been set up in this one and so the second should have no problem being just nonstop action...
Be patient, it starts off very slow...
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Where does Children of Fire rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It's decent, a middle-of-the-road quick read fantasy epic.What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
The book definitely gets better as it goes. The 4 (!) origin stories drag quite a bit, but eventually the characters flesh out some, even if they are pretty much standard tropes. I'm hoping as it goes forward they will get some dimension. The story is pretty straightforward and the lore is confusing at times. It's basically Dragon Age meets Game of Thrones with some Star Wars mixed in.What three words best describe Phil Gigante’s voice?
Terrible female voices.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Gigante's female voices almost made me quit. He is great with male voices and making them distinct and full of performance. But every female and child is the same breathy damsel-in-distress the takes away from powerful female characters.It's a solid fantasy epic.
Any additional comments?
Looking forward to the next two.Solid Fantasy
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Better than I thought it would be
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worst narrator ever
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As with Darth Bane, Drew storytelling is amazing
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The performance was awful. There are apparently only three voices in Gigante's repertoire: man, woman, and child. It was good that I was following along in the book, otherwise I would have been incredibly lost.
Simple. Interesting. Okay.
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Great story as expected from Drew Karpyshyn
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I spent half the story not giving a care about more than half the characters.
He's spoiled from writing Star Wars
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