
The Ember Blade
The Darkwater Legacy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Simon Bubb
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By:
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Chris Wooding
A land under occupation. A legendary sword. A young man's journey to find his destiny.
Aren has lived by the rules all his life. He's never questioned it; that's just the way things are. But then his father is executed for treason, and he and his best friend, Cade, are thrown into a prison mine, doomed to work until they drop. Unless they can somehow break free....
But what lies beyond the prison walls is more terrifying still. Rescued by a man who hates him yet is oath-bound to protect him, pursued by inhuman forces, Aren slowly accepts that everything he knew about his world was a lie. The rules are not there to protect him or his people but to enslave them. A revolution is brewing, and Aren is being drawn into it, whether he likes it or not.
The key to the revolution is the Ember Blade. The sword of kings, the Excalibur of his people. Only with the Ember Blade in hand can their people be inspired to rise up...but it's locked in an impenetrable vault in the most heavily guarded fortress in the land.
All they have to do now is steal it....
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Critic reviews
"The Ember Blade is hands down the best fantasy novel I've ever read." (Grimdark Magazine)
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I cried at the end of this damn thing.
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The only legitimate criticism that i see is that he doesn't use a lot of different voices for different characters. This is a very minor issue as far as I am concerned. I have had narrators who annoyed me greatly and distracted from the book by using different voices. One in particular used the grandpa voice from the Real McCoys and it was truly awful. Other narrators have tried to sing the song parts. I didn't care much for that either. Some have had awkward pacing and pauses that made no sense. There have been issue with semblance and mouth noises that can be distracting, this narration has none of those.
Simon Bubb does a great job of staying out of the way of the story and not trying to do things that he isn't capable of. I mark this as a strong point for any narrator.
Anyway, don't pass this book by because of the negative comments. It's a great story with well fleshed out characters. I for one, am looking forward to the next installment.
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Lame beginning.... great ending
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Fantastic!!!
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Also, the narrator did a great job so I'm not sure what all that fuss is about with other reviews.
Absolutely phenomenal
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Reader is good as well. The criticism feels unfair to me. He is not as skilled yet as say readers like Kate Reading or Michael Cramer but is good enough to do a nice job.
Done well overall.
book great, reader is fine.
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Great book
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Outstanding
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Fabulous
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Magnificent!
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