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Winter Witch

By: Elaine Cunningham
Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
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In a village of the frozen north, a child is born possessed by a strange and alien spirit, only to be cast out by her tribe and taken in by the mysterious winter witches of Irrisen, a land locked in permanent magical winter. Farther south, a young mapmaker with a penchant for forgery discovers that his sham treasure maps have begun striking gold. This is the story of Ellasif, a barbarian shield maiden who will stop at nothing to recover her missing sister, and Decclan, the ne'er-do-well young spellcaster-turned-forger who wants only to prove himself to the woman he loves. Together they'll face monsters, magic, and the fury of Ellasif's own cold-hearted warriors in their quest to rescue the lost child. Yet when they finally reach the ice-walled city of Whitethrone, where trolls hold court and wolves roam the streets as men, will it be too late to save the girl from the forces of darkness?

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Believable Characters • Vivid Worldbuilding • Engaging Plot Twists • Humorous Dialogue • Immersive Fantasy
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This is a great read, with a few twists. I've played a campaign in Irrisen and the description in this book really made it a more vivid picture. I would say more but don't want to give away any spoilers.

Great story.

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The plot is a *little* derivative, your standard high fsntasy road trip with a few twists. But it knows when not to take itself too seriously and that makesnit easy to forgive some of the tropiness. Dialogue had me laughing out loud at times, and the descriptions of Whitethrone and Korvosa made me nostalgic for Golarion

Good action, humorous dialogue, fun story

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its a good story. a reluctant wizard and the barbarian girl that becomes his adventuring companion. fun characters and a lot of character growth.

barbarians and witches a classic combo

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Pathfinder has a wealth of well thought out mythology and culture to draw from. the writer did a good job bringing this world to life and creating believable characters and motivations like Ellisif and Declan while not letting stuff like game mechanics bleeding into the theme of the story. in any case I'm familiar with Golarion and this writer really did a good job capturing the cultures, religions and regional details of that world. Pathfinder definitely was developed by people who lwere inspired by mythology and history and creating their own world with rich history and not just creating a game that focuses on slaying dragons and getting XP etc

Superstitious Barbarians, Family drama and an evil witch.

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Stirring story and realistic characters. The performance treated too many voices as caricatures. Sudden climax.

Good stuff.

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Elaine Cunningham is a great writer! Her characters are relatable yet fantastic enough to keep the fantasy realm immersion. Good obstacles and tension between the party. Good listen in the pathfinder series!

Immersion and interesting

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Great story that truly allows the reader to explore some of the most dangerous locations in Galorian

Excellent

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I'd like it more if it weren't for the major plot holes that even the main character commented on. It felt like the final major conflict in the story was really shoehorned in, and left quite a bit to be desired in how abruptly it began, and ended.

Plot holes

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it was well written and great voice acting. I laughed out loud at a few places.

a good book

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one of the last chapters has so many twists I wanted an organ foe every new one that happened. good story.

Needs a Dramatic Organ playing.

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