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The King's Buccaneer

Riftwar Cycle: Krondor's Sons, Book 2

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The King's Buccaneer

By: Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
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Long recovered from the ravages of the Riftwar, the land and people of the kingdom of the Isles thrive. Nicholas, the youngest son of Prince Arutha, is intelligent and gifted but vastly inexperienced. In hopes of hardening him, his father sends him and his irreverent squire, Harry, to live at Rustic Castle Crydee to learn of life beyond the halls of privilege. But within weeks of Nicholas and Harry's arrival, Crydee is viciously attacked by unknown assailants, resulting in murder, massive destruction, and the abduction of two young noblewomen. The raiders have come from a pirate haven and are no ordinary foe...but an enemy connected to dark magical forces that threaten the lands Nicholas will someday rule - if he survives.

©2017 Raymond Feist (P)2017 Random House Audio Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Royalty Witty Pirate

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"An entertaining tale of high-seas adventure and exotic fantasy." ( Locus)
"A superior rousing adventure." ( Publishers Weekly)
Compelling Adventure • Excellent Character Development • Thrilling Storyline • Perfect Pacing • Heroic Elements
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Loved the book and am of Feists work. This was a great reading. (once you get used to the British pronunciations of a bunch of words)

excellent adaptation of a great book.

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The pace of the story is perfect, flowing from one event to another and between characters as the plots and people develop.
There is adventure, humor, sadness, and heroism. The story is a pleasant escape from life’s harsh realities.
It is not for readers looking for mystery, deep thinking, or complex interactions between plots or characters. The story is a straight forward adventure across an ocean to rescue people and save a kingdom.
It is well written with good narration and a happy ending, just what I wanted. Thank you—Feist and Joyce.

Heroic story of young men

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I started reading Feist’s books thirty-five years ago and it instilled a lifelong joy of reading in me. I thought I would try the audiobooks of my favorite author. The first four Riftwar books were fantastic, but the narrator changed for Prince of the Blood and The Kings Buccaneer and I really think it’s doing a huge disservice to the story. The pronunciation of the names is off putting to say the least; Arutha (Aruta according to the narrator) and Tomas (Toe-mass) especially. The accents don’t fit the characters. Kings and princes are made to sound like like sailors and dockworkers. James of Krondor, not even close, and don’t get me started on Nakor’s voice. Nails on a chalkboard. I love the books and always will. I can’t say the same for the audiobooks.

Love the books, but the narration is awful

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What was not to like write another book for the son of kronor… and on and on and on and on and on

What was not to like write another book for the son of kronor… and on and on and on and on and on

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Feist is an extraordinary story teller. He captures your attention from start to finish, just wish they had picked a better narrator.

Great story, fair to poor narration

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Battle, sorrow, love high sea adventure, triumph. These are the aspects that make this a must listen.

One the Feist’s Best

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hearing this man pronounce Arutha as AruTa was beyond obnoxious. my love for the story was the only thing that got me through it.

the reader

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I've read 7, this will be my last.
it's the same storyline, just different characters.

repetition of storyline

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I like the new characters and the story, sad for loss of some but overall a good book

It started slow

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Feist is one of my favorites. Great story and the narrator did a fine job. I recommend this one!!

Great read!!!

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