
Spellmonger
Spellmonger, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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John Lee
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By:
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Terry Mancour
Nominee, Audie Awards - Fantasy, 2018
Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese.
For six months things went well: He found a quaint little shop, he befriended the local lord, the village folk loved him, he found a sharp young apprentice to help out, and, best yet, he met a comely young widow with the prettiest eyes.
Then one night Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins - gurvani, they call themselves - bent on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. And that was the good news. The bad news was that their shamans were armed with more magical power than has been seen since the days of the ancient Imperial Magocracy - and their leader, a mysterious, vengeful force of hate and dark magic, is headed directly to Boval Vale, along with a massive invading army of gurvani. The good people of Boval and their spellmonger have only one choice: To hole up in the over-sized Boval Castle and hope they can endure a siege against hundreds of thousands of goblins.
When the people look to him for hope, Minalan does his best, but the odds are depressing: There are multitudes of goblins, and they want Boval Vale as a staging ground for a vengeful invasion of the whole Five Duchies. Add to his troubles a jealous rival mage, a motley band of mercenaries, a delusional liege lord who insists victory is at hand despite the hordes at his door, a dour castellan, a moody, pregnant girlfriend, and a catty ex-girlfriend who specializes in sex magic - all trapped in a stinking, besieged castle with no hope of rescue, and you'll understand why Minalan is willing to take his chances with the goblins.
All that stands between the gurvani horde and the people of the Five Duchies is one tired, overwhelmed baker's son who wanted nothing more than to be a simple village spellmonger.
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The great weakness is characterization, particularly on those rare occasions a woman enters the narrative. You can tell at times Mancour is patting himself on the back for a "strong female character," but on those occasions his protagonist still sounds more like a butcher describing a fine, maybe even smart, pig. The relationships between men and women and the thoughts and actions ascribed to women are the least realistic element of this story about a wizard fighting hordes of goblins. It will depend on the reader whether that feature is made better or worse by the fact that women so seldom appear. Where the titular wizard is concerned, you can tell Mancour was going for "irrascible scamp," but he landed closer to "garbage human."
Fun magic & world building, jerk protagonist
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Really a good book and a fun to listen to. there are some grammatical errors but if you do not let them bother you them it is worth your time.Fun story some editing errors
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I’m not certain if this is the first book or not from this author, but I expect it is. This can be seen in the various information dumps throughout the story. I would like to see more finesse from this, but it should come with time. I enjoyed this book and will be purchasing a paper copy to keep in my collection. Since the main character isn’t some perfect icon, I expect the censor mob to come around eventually.
Thank you Terry
Different, and I loved it
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Love!!!
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John Lee is the Bee's knees
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I got Hooked
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What did you like best about this story?
How real the realistic the MC is. He isn't a prophesied hero, sent from such and such or birthed by the villain which is incredibly refreshing.Which character – as performed by John Lee – was your favorite?
the "spellmonger" of courseWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not at first but it actually grew on me. the narration took me a little to get used to, but I honestly came to like John Lee's narration.Couldn't stand the narrator....at first
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got this as a gift
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Great story
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