Preview

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Servant of the Empire

By: Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts
Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $27.00

Buy for $27.00

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

"A sweeping drama unveiling a tale of love, hate and sacrifice against the panorama of an alien yet familiar society." (Publishers Weekly)

"Uncommonly satisfying." (Locus)

©2017 Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts (P)2017 Random House Audio
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about Servant of the Empire

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    961
  • 4 Stars
    130
  • 3 Stars
    19
  • 2 Stars
    6
  • 1 Stars
    3
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    871
  • 4 Stars
    126
  • 3 Stars
    18
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    872
  • 4 Stars
    104
  • 3 Stars
    34
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Loved it. Janny Wurts is a powerful writer.
She continued an amazing story, and world, created by Raymond E. Fiest Jr.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent trilogy

Great narrator, great story. After reading it 20 years ago, it is a joy to revisit as beautifully done audio book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Among the best

What’s there to say? The empire trilogy is among the best fantasy out there. Go get it!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Love this book

I really enjoyed the story and the out-come . Cant wait for the next one

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

So good. Amazing performance

This book is wonderful but the reader is what makes it truly enjoyable. She is fabulous

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Such a pleasure!

I read these books 20 + years ago as a young girl and revisit them now as an adult and I am just as enthralled with this world and lessons it teaches.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

All time favorite

These three books about Mara are my all time favorites!!
I’ve read and listened to them many times and they are always as delicious as they were the first time I read them

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Gripping

This book just grips you and pulls you right into the book. I have loved this book for years and now to hear it as an audiobook is so fulfilling. The only thing that could have made it even better would be to either have a male voice for the men or even better a full cast. But as it stands it is a great book to listen to and enjoy.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful

just as good as I remembered it, reminds me of a tail of old Japan, with a smattering if SF&F in it

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars

Dive into Magic

Note: This is a review of book two. Please enjoy book one first.

Book one of this fantasy series is the story of Mara who, moments before she is to join irrevocably a religious order, is recalled to become the ruling Lady of a great House. Truly one of the best heroines with agency in a medieval-like fantasy world whose tale I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying.

Book one did not depend on magic or the acts of beings with magical powers to a great extent although it appeared at the end

I don't mind magic as a plot device. What I dislike is when a fantasy story suddenly resorts to magic, in a second or subsequent installment, to advance the saga. That is, when magic wasn't integral to the story from the beginning. (Mara remains a non magic user thank goodness.)

I remember having the same reaction to this second book in the series when I first read it many years ago. [This is a review of the audio version.] I also recall disliking the third book then so I don't plan to listen to it now.

One thing that Ms. Wurts has done well is end each book without a cliffhanger.

Book two, this one, the Servant of the Empire, is also a story of forbidden love. Lady and slave. Well worth your time if you like such things, which I do when well done as it is here.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!