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The Written
- Emaneska, Book 1
- Narrated by: Steven Cree
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
Game of Thrones meets Die Hard in this explosive epic fantasy, packed with tattooed mages wielding unbridled spells, meddling gods, dragon-riders, and twisted Norse mythology.
Only half the recruits that undergo the Ritual survive to become Written mages. Only they can wield the fiercest of magics, to protect the Arka, until either death or the madness takes them.
Five scholars of Arfell have been assassinated. A spellbook has gone missing – a powerful summoning manual from the time of elves and fire-born daemons. The Arkmages are running out of time and options, and the world is once again on the brink of war with the Siren dragon-riders. It falls to Farden – one of the Arka's most powerful yet troubled Written mages – to keep Emaneska from falling into chaos.
Entangled in a web of lies and politics, Farden is tasked with hunting down the assassin, and recovering the spellbook before it falls into the wrong hands, and the world is cast into shadow. It will mean fighting his way across savage Emaneska and back, a land infested with wyrms, marauders, and betrayal. It will take every fibre of his will, every scrap of magic in his bones, and if he falls, so shall the world.
Welcome to Emaneska.
The Written is the first volume in the Emaneska series, a fast-paced, epic and norse-inspired fantasy saga perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, Steven Erikson, Will Wight, and George R. R. Martin.
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- Ruth Bentley
- 12-12-22
Great narration!
I really enjoyed this story. The narrator is particularly good and effective at bringing the story to life. Would recommend.
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- The haunt
- 28-06-23
Very much 'meh'...
Performance was either very good or notably cringey, tried hard, just sometimes went a little odd.
The story itself was very meh with not much interesting.
Overall nothing bad, just very meh.
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- stewart wallace
- 29-11-22
worth the time
it took me a while to get into but by the end I was hooked
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- Petra
- 06-11-22
great narration
Narrator is great, I love listening to Steven Cree's voice :)
Story wasn't so great though - main character was so annoying sometimes. Otherwise writer sometimes tries too much, too much descriptions etc. But I finished it succesfully and some chapters were really good.
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- john w.
- 08-02-23
SO HAPPY!
Great book. Great listen. GIVE IT A GO!
Galley nails epic-fantasy. Brilliant, likeable characters and not afraid of an interesting twist. Totally recommend!
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- Ashs
- 07-11-22
Up there with the best of them!
Superb narrator, well written book that can hold its own with the likes of the Lord of the rings and Game of thrones. What a wonderful journey to be a part of. Looking forward to the next book in the series. Xx
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-11-22
This was a real surprise, great characters
great story, which as a genre i usually dont pick, i thought was well explained without going on and on. Enjoyed how the characters developed and the twists . Amazing narration, i recommend this book
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- Anonymous User
- 20-02-23
Enjoyable read/listen.
I enjoyed this book and looked forward to hearing more each day. Not sure if I’m hooked enough to buy book two but this one is pretty good stand-alone
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- Derek G.
- 19-11-22
Good story . Good performance.
Good story and good performance, his Female voices are a bit crap , but great listen nonetheless
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- Adrian
- 22-11-22
Slow starter but worth it
Slow start but a good listen all the same, what’s up next in the series….
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