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The Crusader Road

Written by: Michael A. Stackpole
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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When the aristocratic Vishov family is banished from their native Ustalav due to underhanded politics, they're faced with a choice: fade slowly into obscurity or strike out for the nearby River Kingdoms and establish a new holding on the untamed frontier. For Lady Tyressa Vishov, the decision is simple. Together with her children and loyal retainers, she'll forge a new life in the infamous Echo Wood, and neither bloodthirsty monsters nor local despots will stop her from reclaiming her family honor. Yet the shadow of Ustalavic politics is long, and even in a remote and lawless territory, there may be those determined to see the Vishov family fail....

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Not quite

It's okay. Conceptually the premise is unique. The characters are in exile and building a town and their lives up from scratch to survive. In execution it is a little predictable and too all over the place to be engaging.

The narration has distinct voices for everyone, but there was something overly earnest about it that made it hard to connect with. The main issue was a particular character who just sounds whiny and annoying all the time. The narration isn't badly done and the audio is good quality, it just wasn't for me for some reason.

There are a few scenes of action but between them it's quite slow, and the characters weren't interesting enough to make up for that. Things seems like they're about to build towards a satisfying ending at least, but then never actually amount to anything.

If you like the Pathfinder setting they touch on bits and pieces of lore from the broader world, but there are better Pathfinder books on Audible.

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