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A Dead Wizard's Dream
- Convent Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: The Voice of Nick
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
An afterlife under threat. A reborn Prophet in peril.
A ragtag band of faithful Knights, grumpy Nomads, mad Wizards, and corrupt Corsairs on a death-defying quest to rescue him. Will swords and sorcery prove enough?
A Dwarvic city buried in the desert, the site of an ancient tyranny. Mutants and Demons abound.
The dead walk again.
And the God of the Nether waits patiently for all the souls to be his....
The year is 311 AC. Welcome to Maradoum.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-10-22
At mess of a story but a great performance
I had read none of Ross Hughes' books before and was unsure what to expect.
After the initial chapter about a group of female magicians who run the world attempting to raise an all-powerful god-like figure, it moves on to a series of separate stories running in parallel, with the action moving from one to another, usually at a cliffhanger. While there is an ending of sorts to each story, there does not appear to be any relationship between them. Presumably, there will be a connection appearing in future books. Although it was difficult to 'suspend your disbelief' while reading, it was an interesting and sometimes exciting read, but long not to reach more of a conclusion.
I listened to the audio version, and the narrator did a great job and I had no problem following the story.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Jen
- 12-10-22
Intriguing dark fantasy
This is my first Ross Hughes book. After reading the other reviews I was a bit worried that I would not enjoy it and get confused with the number of characters in the book. However, I pushed that to one side and settled down to listen carefully.
Wow, I was utterly taken aback at the depth of the storytelling. Yes, there are a lot of characters and at the beginning you are given a brief chapter on the history of the world that starts you off. The author gives good descriptions of the places and people without going into too much detail. The narrator navigates this intricate plot perfectly, I was not confused at all and followed the storyline easily.
You start off with mercenaries in what I could only see as Tolkien's Moria (before LOTR), a dwarf city filled with Dwarves and mutant mining creatures to rescue The Prophet, who I assume at this stage is required to help fight evil. I found it was very close to Christianity in the way the author describes this Prophet and gave his life saving people so they could to go to a special world/plane. You are then introduced to a Prince on his pilgrimage that all in his family have done and his journey to what I can only assume at this stage will end up meeting the Prophet as well. As I continue through the book, I feel that there is a lot from real life that has been used and slightly amended in a way, whilst drawing upon the fantasy genre cliché that you find in other books. Ross has made this his own work whilst giving a nod to other great authors as well. The chapters do tend to stop at a cliff-hanger with one group of characters and the other, however, I have read several books that have done this before and have no issue following the story when it flicks back and forth between the groups. Can be quite dark in places with some swearing so would not recommend this for children.
This is the second book that I have heard The Voice of Nick narrate. He has a wonderful cadence when reading. The narration flows well, he has made up great accents and voices for the characters so you can distinguish between them all and to give them life. There are very few American narrators that I like as I find many of them monotone or don't have any hwyl (Welsh for stirring of emotion, energy or feeling). Nick has plenty of hwyl and you can tell that he enjoys reading the book as much as we enjoy listening to them. I hope he gets to do the rest of this series, I would love to hear the rest of this story but only if he does it. Getting someone else in after this would upset the flow as it wouldn't be the same.
I was given a free copy of the audiobook, and I have voluntarily posted this review, my opinions are my own.
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