
The Blurred Lands
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Narrated by:
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Peter Noble
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By:
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Ian W. Sainsbury
About this listen
John Aviemore, still mourning the death of his wife, fears he’s heading for another breakdown. In an abandoned cottage, he faces a mystery that grows more terrifying every night. And he’s trapped there.
Trapped in the place where worlds overlap. Trapped in the Blurred Lands.
A disappearing city, a curse that unravels minds and a caged, power-hungry god.
John’s only chance of escape lies with an ancient family secret and a character straight out of a fairy tale.
From the Amazon and Audible best-selling author of the World Walker and Halfhero series comes a fantastical, terrifying journey into a realm we prefer to believe doesn’t exist.
©2018 Ian Sainsbury (P)2019 Audible, LtdCritic reviews
"Deliciously dark. A gripping read from the very start." (R R Haywood, best-selling author of the Extracted trilogy and the Undead series)
Great story.
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Thoroughly enjoyed it
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Overall the performance was great. There was only one character (luckily not in it for super long) that I could not stand the voice for but I understand the limits the narrator has.
Slow start but great
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You definitely have to get your brain in gear for this one. Unlike many of these darkly absorbing stories, there is no subtle buildup, no creepy noises over a few chapters hinting at possible mischief. Sainsbury smashes you right around the chops and The Blurred Lands very quickly lets you know that things are going to get downright weird. This Fantasia starts with a very strong introduction to our main man, John, a talented house magician mourning the loss of his wife still from three years ago. Very quickly though things start to get incredibly strange and the book sets out its stall and sticks to its guns.
There are two main strands to the story. The prime one sees us drift almost ethereally through John's story his dreams, his memories, his otherworldly experiences, and most strongly his grief and love for his lost wife. It's this last part and his revisiting of some of his college memories that lead to some of the books most powerful and haunting scenes. Sainsbury succeeds in creating a human character of significant depth in amongst the swirling and shifting mists of his fairy tale plot. Magic is given a very strong treatment in its various forms and becomes increasingly prevalent as the story goes on. The second main strand of the story is a series of letters from John's mother to his granddaughter and while this is considerably drier it does flesh out a lot of the back story and the two strands come together very nicely at the end.
Peter Noble gives a very strong performance as the narrator, his slightly edgy version of John and dry, crackly rendition of his mother, the ageing matriarch is very convincing.
This is dark, it's absorbing and it contains some extremely compelling scenes especially where John's thoughts return to his college days. However, it is his feelings for his wife and the journey that he went through with her, particularly towards the climax of the book that will linger longest in my mind. Powerful, emotional stuff and a testament to Sainsbury's talent as a writer.
A Dark Bazaar of the Soul!
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Highly Recommended
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Another gem
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My first Ian W Sainsbury and won’t be my last
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A magical tale
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What an utter mess
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Slow and tedious in progress
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