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Darkwalker on Moonshae

Forgotten Realms: Moonshae Trilogy, Book 1

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Written by: Douglas Niles
Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
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Kazgoroth, the Beast, has come into the world to destroy the power of the Earthmother. Changing its shape as needs be, the Beast goes across the island of Gwynneth, corrupting everything in its way. Its destination is a large gathering of Northmen raiders at Oman's Isle, in the middle of the Moonshaes, where they are preparing an assault on the kingdom of Corwell. The Northmen don't realize yet that this is going to be more than just a plundering raid. They don't know that their leader isn't King Thelgaar Ironhand, but the Beast, who has killed the king and assumed his shape.Meanwhile, the Earthmother, aware of the danger and hurting from the corruption brought to the land, her body, by the vile presence of the Beast, awakes her children - the Leviathan, the Pack, and Kamerynn, the Unicorn. They will try to stop Kazgoroth in different ways, but that won't be enough.At Caer Corwell, the seat of the king of Corwell, rumour brings word of war coming to the kingdom. Preparation is under way, but the Ffolk don't know where the enemy will strike. It is up to Tristan to organize the Ffolk against this both human and demonic threat. In his fight against the odds, helped by Robyn, he will grow into the responsible leader that should inherit his father's kingdom.

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Story was good. Narrator was awful. Used the same high pitch voice for everyone and same gravel tone for all villans. Mis pronounced numerous words. Example would be the bow of a ship pronounced the same as a bow that shoots an arrow.

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great story spoiled by terrible narration. one of my favorite trilogies in the forgotten realms, but I can't listen to the rest of them because of this narrator.

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Although the story felt quite predictable at most points the writing itself is good, and worth the listen. Narrator is a little dry but if you're not dependent on performance worth the listen.

Mediocre narrator but great story for beginnings of forgotten realms

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The story is fine, meanders a little at times and you can definitely tell the author didn't originally intend this to be a forgotten realms book, but it works.

The hangup is the narrator, a stilted, wooden performance full of mispronunciation (Even allowing unfamiliarity with setting jargon such as Ffolk) and strange emphasis on letters and tones (Always pronounces 'a' as 'eh' for instance, even when it sounds unnatural). Character voices are strained, many characters sounding nearly identical, and some sounding goofy. There's almost no pause in the narration when switching viewpoints, one second you're in town with one character, the next your in a castle with another, having no idea that the setting has changed at all. Finally, there are many sections where it seems the narrator changes for a line or two, as if the original narrator just didn't bother recording some lines and they had to be edited in. Overall, I found the performance to be too jarring to ever become immersed in or enjoy the full story.

I would not recommend this series to any listener, better off just purchasing the book and narrating it in your own head, than trying to struggle through the narration of Rosenberg.

Good Story, awful Narrator

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Great book that I read when it originally came out. Wanted to listen to it on long drives but the narrator is monotonous and struggles with the words so much that I stopped after the first few chapters. Unlistenable.

Please record with new narrator or refund me

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