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The Red Wyvern

The Dragon Mage, Book 1

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The Red Wyvern

By: Katharine Kerr
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
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Katharine Kerr's richly imagined cycle of novels set in Deverry and the Westlands has earned a devoted following—and a reputation as the finest Celtic fantasy being written today. Now she returns to Deverry's war-ravaged past . . .

In a kingdom torn by civil war, young Lillorigga seeks to shield her dawning powers from her cruel mother Merodda's manipulation. Mistress of a magic that, untamed, could kill her, Lilli brings her terrifying visions under the kindlier tutelage of the mysterious dweomermaster, Nevyn. But soon she must choose between her own clan and the true king who fights to claim his rightful throne, between sanctuary and blood feud, loyalty and love. Little does she dream that the slaughter she invites, and the malevolence she defies, could stalk her across the ages . . . twisting and twining the strands of timeless destinies.

©1997 Katharine Kerr (P)2023 Tantor
Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Fairy Tales Fantasy
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Compelling Storyline • Detailed Characters • Adequate Dialogue • Strong Scottish Flavor • Medieval Fantasy
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This book series is probably my favorite epic storyline of any out there. Looking forwards to the next!

Most excellent

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I have a feeling a lot of the recent middling reviews are because this book was on sale a few weeks ago and people bought it thinking it was the beginning of a series. It’s not! And if you try to start here, which is basically the middle of the series, you will be lost.

Go back. Start with Daggerspell. Or, even better, get the four book omnibus that’s currently available. Then read the Westlands quartet. *Then* you can start this one.

I really love this series— but it has a complicated structure and a ton of characters from different timelines to keep track of. This is essentially the ninth book in the series. Trust me, this is not the place to start.

Read the Books in Order!

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I love audible books but I had such a hard time understanding what was going on. Too many characters. So hard to follow

Hard to follow

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this book series has been my all-time fav since 1995. I have enjoyed listening to this many times.

about time

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I don’t think I felt a single moment of actual emotion during this entire story. Not sadness or happiness or excitement. Just - boring.

At the end of this book I realized that I didn’t know who any of the characters were and I had no interest in what may happen next. In fact I’m not even sure there would be another book in the series based on the ending - nor am I interested in looking it up. Snoozefest.

Unremarkable

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Read these books back when they first came out in print. Great to hear them again.

Great series

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My younger self might have loved this. It is medieval fantasy that feels very, very medieval, in a strong Scottish flavor spiced up with some magic, told primarily through female characters. My older self, however, is less impressed. There isn't anything particularly fresh, surprising, or complex. It is also structured very strangely-- it starts with a brief introduction to a whole bunch of different characters, then shifts to a big long story about completely different characters. That story is moderately compelling, though highly predictable. But then it ends, and the book goes back to all those initial characters I'd pretty much forgotten, and goes off on a new story that doesn't end. It presumably continues in a sequel, but I'm not going to bother to find out.

Not overly appealing to my older self

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This story was difficult to follow for its many characters and many with similar sounding names. Also, the reader only gets to know most characters superficially so it’s hard to care what happens. In addition, the narration was so repetitive in tone and cadence. Narrator did better with dialogue, but much of the book is narration.

Difficult to follow, narration dull

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I was very disappointed. The story jumps too much and the narrator was difficult to follow because of the lack of change between characters voices. I couldn't finish the book.


not for me

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The combination of the accents, the plethora of names, and the unusual setting, places and actions, combined to make this too hard for me to follow as an audio book. Also, at least as far as I got, it just wasn't very interesting.

This doesn't work for me as an audio book

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