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Title: Lord of Cragsclaw

Subtitle: Guardians of the Three, Book 1

Author: Bill Fawcett, Neal Randall

Narrator: P.J. Ochlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

For years the land of Ar has lived at peace. Here the catlike mrem rule by duty and honor. Now, from the East, their legendary enemies have risen again, and only the outcast, dark-furred Talwe, Princess Sruss and the Council of the Three have the magic to battle the Eastern Lords' evil sorcery.

Members Reviews:

Praise for the series

The entire Guardians of the Three series is simply amazing. They are fast-pased, well-written, with involved and tantalizing storylines. You are immediately drawn into the world of mrem society and into the lives of the complex characters.

Lord of Cragsclaw introduces you to Talwe, an enigmatic villager with odd golden eyes which make him the outcast of those he lives with. The story follows his transformation from melancholy outsider-looking-in to a masterful but frightening warrior who must rise to face an enemy that threatens the heart of the mrem nation itself.

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Title: Knights Rising

Subtitle: Silver Knights Saga, Book 1

Author: Greg Carter

Narrator: Jonathan Waters

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-13

Publisher: Greg Carter

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Knights Rising: The Silver Knights Saga opens by introducing us to the character of Michael Carlear, a knight in search of his identity and destiny. Our protagonist is on a revengeful quest to avenge his father's death at the hands of the evil mage, Soladar. This journey is further marred by the death of his love, the beautiful Kara, and the person responsible for the same is again Soladar.

Now Michael seeks this evil mage trying to understand the reason for the death of his loved ones. But the only way to do that is to destroy Soladar and all the evil that he controls which include the black beasts called Scarious.

"The all-consuming desire for revenge for the deaths of Kara and his father gnawed at him like an endless hunger, an unquenchable thirst for his enemies' blood."

His only hope may lie in the sword that he carries - a sword that once belonged to the great Silver Knight, Glollas. On his travels he encounters the beautiful and mysterious barmaid, Holly, who hides more than she reveals and is much more than just a romantic fling. While Michael is undertaking his journey, the evil Soladar is on his own mission to destroy the Orb of Chaos, which will imprison the entire free will of humanity.

This tantalizing plot form the background of Knights Rising: The Silver Knights Saga, which gives us memorable characters in the form of magi, knights, saplings, and kruckles and will leave you panting for more.

"The piercing arrow of love is cut by the shearing edge of the sword of truth. Neither can coexist so yet one must fall to the other. Which shall it be?"

Members Reviews:

Editor Desperately Needed

This review is for the Kindle version.

If you want to get through this book you have to be willing to over look a lot. There are many, many spelling errors, missing words and mis-used words. The grammar is below sophomoric.

The story itself could have potential but some issues get in the way. The author does not seem to know who his intended audience is. What I mean by this is, I got the impression that at times he was writing for adults and at other times, for grammar school aged kids. The vocabulary tends to meet the latter. Another issue is the characters are involved in a quest, which at times is very descriptive but then gets wrapped up very quickly so that new characters can get introduced toward the end of the book. The author seems to want to take on more than he is capable of handling. Not every book of this genre has to be part of a trilogy. I would have much preferred if the author had stuck with the story he started out writing.

I gave this book two stars because there is potential here. The initial story is good and most of the characters are enjoyable (although a couple drive me nuts and just don't belong). This story could have been a lot better with some proper editing. Sadly, it was not provided.

Sorry, this does not cut it.

I am sorry to be honest here, but this is not well conceived or well written. The dialogue is childish and the plot is poorly conceived. I gave up after a few chapters. I suggest the author think much more about plot development, dialogue that engages the reader rather than bores sophomorically, and avoids using lines to describe mundane things that have no business receiving attention in a fantasy book that should be exciting. Once again, I am sorry to be so direct, but there is no other alternative here.

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Title: The Burning Goddess

Subtitle: Shadow World, Book 1

Author: Ian Hammell

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-15-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

The best-selling adventure game Shadow World is now a thrilling saga of sorcery and survival. Only a trained navigator like Zed - skilled in the art of teleportation - can explore the dangers and treasures of the exotic world Kulthea's dense jungles, burning seas and raging volcanoes. His first mission is to uncover the secrets of the Lost City of Tarek Nev.

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Title: Queens of Land and Sea

Subtitle: Stormlands, Book 5

Author: John Maddox Roberts

Narrator: Michael McConnohie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Strange ships appear from an unknown continent bringing opportunity for vast wealth and power to Islanders and Mainlanders alike - and a deadly plague that devastates the kingdoms of the Mainland. But King Gasam and the Islanders are immune.

Members Reviews:

Good book but too many loose ends.

This is the first time I've actually read the entire series. Decades ago only read up to book 4, and finally able to finish the series. I enjoyed the first 4 books, but the last book leaves a lot of things hanging. I'm not sure if there were supposed to be more books to this series or if the intent was to leave almost everything unresolved.

This can not be the end.

No resolution to the conflicts, the subhuman Gasam and Larissa still alive and well. The series needs a 6th book to give some kind of closure.

loved it

its matched up with all of his other books perfectly and makes you wish he would right more in the universe of the series

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Title: When Night Falls

Subtitle: Eberron: Lanternlight Files, Book 2

Author: Parker DeWolf

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Parker DeWolf continues his exciting series that will plumb the dark depths of Sharn, the most iconic locale in all of the Eberron world.

Ulther Whitsun is a fixer. When you've got a problem, if you can't find someone to take care of it, he's your man. Ulther works for money, plain and simple. But when a simple job lands him in the middle of a revolution, not choosing sides may doom him to an early grave.

This second book in The Lanternlight Files returns the Eberron story it its hardboiled detective roots.

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Title: The Rose of Sarifal

Subtitle: A Forgotten Realms Novel

Author: Paulina Claiborne

Narrator: Suzy Harbulak

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Cloaked in mist and layered in magic, the denizens of Moonshae Isles move in secret circles as capricious rulers vie for power.

High Lady Ordalf wanted her niece, the princess known as the Rose of Sarifal, dead. Instead, the young regent was secreted away by the high ladys opponents. For years the eladrin queen of Gwynneth Isle has searched for evidence of her nieces death, and word has finally come in the form of a castaways tale. The princess lives on the island of Moray - a mad beauty who leads a nation of lycanthropes.

As long as her niece is alive, Lady Ordalf cannot rest secure in her claim to the throne. Enlisting a band of adventurers to seek out the princess is thefirst step toward stemming the Rose of Sarifal and her tide of wolves. Will those heroes see the same threat the queen sees in the beautiful young maiden?

Members Reviews:

Unusually good content but needed more refinement

Any additional comments?

Not many of these new Audible offerings in the D&D subgenera have reviews yet. But you can go to the Amazon parent company and find reviews of the book itself. The story is a little hard to follow because of the number of characters and groups, as well as the overarching story. It needed to come with a cast of characters and be better at letting the audience know what is going on overall. This was my take:

Protagonist crew

Lucas - Captain of the Spinx and a ranger

Gasparshen -a Genasea (fish humanoid, blue skin like tropical fish)

Succa - Gnome

The Savage -Golden Elf, black skin golden haired, wears black

Marakay -human priestest, yellow hair

Kip -boy (referred to as a cat shifter I think), came with Marakay

Lady Oraloff - Big Kingdom 1, Queen of the Fey (aka LeShay)

Monbaldium - nephew of Oraloff

Prince ArathAldron Kendrick -Queen's lord

Princess Marabaldia - giantess, prisoner with Succa

Poke - lycanthrope, pig, prisoner with Succa

Moray Island - where Queen Oraloff ended up after assasination attempt when a child. Amaranth -Island queen (sister to Oraloff). Some lycanthropes inhabitants made her their queen, though they're only a villiage and not the only one on the island.

Argon Bale - swordsman and leader of lycanthropes following old ways/god (opposing Amaranth)

Aluthra -female druid priest warewolf of Bales's group

King Dared, Big Kingdom 2

Captain Rurick - king envoy who hired Lucas/crew to take to Moray island to transport/defend KendrickVendarian - magician of some kind

So big Kingdom 2 and some allies would like Kingdom 1 to stop bothering them. They want to get Amaranth from Moray Island to be its new ruler. Oraloff, naturally enough, would rather stay in power. So it is the story of the pawns, the Spinxs crew and Amaranth. Unusually good character development for this subgenera, which is developed with some backstory on the characters as you go and interesting. The past/present back and forth did not throw me.

There is more writing talent (I'd say a 4 or 4.5 on that) in many of the scenes than you expect in this subgenera and the naration was subtly good. How smooth the plot seemed to flow and make sense to the audience was the drawback. That and the ending not being very strong. The Spinxs crew has the right dynamic and an earlier, less dramatic and smother story would probably be really good.

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Title: Swords of Talera

Subtitle: The Talera Cycle, Book 1

Author: Charles Allen Gramlich

Narrator: Tantor Studios

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Abruptly transported from Earth to Talera, Ruenn Maclang must slash his way through a world of alien warriors and deadly beasts, where every move can result in death. To stay alive and find his missing brother, Ruenn must quickly learn the discipline of sword and spear, and experience the bitter stench of battle. And he must uncover the many hidden secrets of Talera, a weird and wonderful world very different from our own.

Members Reviews:

Fun "Sword & Planet" adventure. Get svelte, escape to Talera!

Swords of Talera: Book One of the Talera Cycle is fun "Sword & Planet" adventure. Get svelte, escape to Talera.

I first discovered Charles Allen Gramlich via his poetic Sword & Sorcery books (highly recommended): Bitter Steel: Tales and Poems of Epic Fantasy and Harvest of War. Being biased toward weird adventure on "earth," I was inspired to branch out slightly because of the Goodreads Sword & Sorcery Group's groupread for May-June 2014, the theme being "Sword & Planet." Being a fan of Gramlich, this was a prime time to try out his Talera Cycle. If you ask the author why he should read it, he'll reveal his humorous side (taken from his Facebook page):

"Dr. Charles Gramlich, professor of psychology at a prominent New Orleans University, has made the extraordinary claim that reading the three books of the Talera fantasy series, Swords of Talera, Wings Over Talera, and Witch of Talera, will actually help you lose weight and maintain a svelte figure. Gramlich says that, "those who read the slender volumes of the Talera series, which are quick and exciting stories, develop a speedier metabolism, allowing them to burn calories more quickly. This effect lingers for weeks after the books are finished," he adds, "and can easily be prolonged further by consuming another book by the same author." When asked whether that author, Charles `Allen' Gramlich, was any relation, Dr. Gramlich abruptly yelled "Fire" and left the room."

Even though Swords of Talera: Book One of the Talera Cycle is not explicitly comedic, it does present pulp adventure with a dose of old-school "cheese" sprinkled atop weird milieu and tons of melee. It is a homeage the Sword & Planet subgenre initiated by Edgar Rice Burroughs in the early 1900's with John Carter, and has all the tropes fans of the subgenre would demand: a man from the early 1900's gets transported from earth to a strange planet; he can occasionally revisit earth; he manages to quickly converse with many aliens, lead armies, and free a maiden in distress.

Gramlich's "Carter" is a 1914 sea merchant captain named Ruenn Maclang, whose arrogance and decisive leadership will remind readers of Indiana Jones. He gets transported to Talera mysteriously along with his crew, though he gets separated and strives to find his fellow earthlings. He is met by many humanoid aliens embroiled in slave-trade and war. Maclang becomes infatuated with a maiden in distress, and shallow-romantic interactions with her are intermittent. A sidebar on the technological history behind the mysterious Planet/Land Talera was distinctly cheezy sci-fi, but was not explored in depth in this first installment.

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Title: Demonspawn

Author: Scott Reeves

Narrator: Clay Teunis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-12

Publisher: Scott Reeves

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Thirteen hundred years ago the world was invaded by demons from beyond the Veil of Night. Mankind was nearly wiped out before managing to drive the demons back into the netherworld. Now, a king's evil chancellor schemes to reopen the Veil and once again unleash the demons. The world's only hope of salvation is an insane boy, himself the descendant of demonic/human hybrids, and the newborn baby he's kidnapped.

Members Reviews:

Few Editing Problems, Good Story, Aggravating Ending

MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!

MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!

If you're tired of fantasy stories where the lowly character ends up becoming king or queen, don't bother with this one. I liked it up until then. There were some editing mistakes. A few misspellings (though not many), a word was missing from a sentence here and there, once or twice "their" was used instead of "they're" and quite often throughout the book a whole section was indented. Not just the paragraph beginnings but the whole paragraph, which made it very noticeable. All in all, though, it was a pretty good book. Until I got to the part where he was announced as the heir to the throne, and I was like "Really?? You had to go there??" I thought about throwing the book across the room in annoyance but I only had a page left to go, so I went ahead and finished it.

Demonspawn

Since this book was free I thought I would give it a chance. I never read anything like this before so I didn't really know what to expect. The story, flow of writing and character development were surprisingly good. My only complaint would be slight typos and words being left out, which seems to be common for these free and .99 cent books. The story reads like historical fiction and kept me intrigued the whole time. Quick and easy read that is worth the $2.99 that it is now listed at in my opinion.

Good Read.

Very good read. Grammar and spelling need to be reviewed. Other than that, I really enjoyed the book. Thank you.

give it a chance

pretty good story about demonspawns (descendants of half-demons) being hunt by regular people and a dark sorcerer attempting to connect human world with demons one. good written lightweight reading with few typos but definitely worth the time. fans of this genre should go for it.

Dark Tale

This book was an easy read in that there weren't many typos and the story flowed. Descriptions were kept brief and the author doesn't bog you down with lengthy fill-in material. The story was a good one and came together well at the end. The only negative I have about this book was the fact that evil won way too much. I always want the good guy to come out on top in my entertainment. Real life doesn't work that way, so I would like for my fantasy life to be rich in good guy winning over bad guy! :-) The bad guys winning all the time made it a little dark for my taste and it was kind of gory too, but other than that, not too bad for a freebie.

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Titel: Die Königin (Sonea 3)

Autor:: Trudi Canavan

Erzähler: Martina Rester-Gellhaus

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 17 hrs and 49 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-09-12

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Kategorien: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Soneas Sohn Lorkin wird endlich von den Sachakanischen Rebellen freigelassen. Aber ehe er nach Hause zurückkehren darf, soll er alle Informationen über die Verräterinnen preisgeben. Doch Lorkin hat sich in eine der Rebellinnen verliebt und ist nicht bereit, sie auszuliefern. Der Sachakanische König droht, Lorkin sein Wissen mit Gewalt zu entreißen. Kann Sonea ihren Sohn retten?

©2012 Penhaligon (P)2012 Random House Audio

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Title: Essence of Gluic

Subtitle: Thorik Dain Series, Book 3

Author: Anthony G. Wedgeworth

Narrator: Jerry Sciarrio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-12

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic

Publisher's Summary:

Desperate to save the soul of his grandmother, the shaman of his village, young Thorik forges through treacherous and uncharted lands in order to find a spell to release her. Accompanying him on this trek are his uncle, who wishes to end the foolhardy journey; a young girl, whose desire for Thorik distracts him from his quest; an alchemist, who has his own devious plans once the spell is found; and a creature who knows the mysteries and mythology of the land. Using his conviction and perseverance to overcoming temptations and deadly threats, Thorik unites his companions in order to help save his grandmother.