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A little graphic at times and talk about a depressing first few hours. But it is so worth it, so much action, characters are amazing and the world is very descriptive. Would put this nearly on par with the storm light archive or wheel of time. Very well done, I look forward to what’s to come in this series.

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Great Listen

Thoroughly enjoyed this entire story. The telling of the story, the narration, the development of characters was all first rate. Kudos to both the author (amazing story) & the narrator for bring this world to life.
Can't wait to listen to the rest of the series.

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Got my imagination flowing!

Found this book captivating and original. Loved it and am so stoked there're more! If you're looking for a new series to let your imagination play and create a world and rich characters, give this one a go.
Big fantasy fan, and found this book while browsing Ray Porter narrations. RP is a bit more stiff in this series than in others, but it suits the story and narrative well - excellent narration.

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amazed.

The writing is superb.
That 8 books in the series are free is staggering to me.
This series could go anywhere. I hope the quality continues.
onto book 2.

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A masterpiece in the making

I really enjoyed the first book of the Runelords series a really great start to a great series, I found it more engaging and entertaining than the first book of The Wheel of Time series.

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Better than expected

Audible seems populated with mass production click bait series that never have satisfying endings, but "cliff hang" as a con to keep selling the industrial product. This is not that. It strikes a balance of delivering a complete story while hosting open questions to sustain a sequel. I did not end feeling cheated, but rather likely to read the next book.

The story itself does not qualify as high art, to my measure, but I wasn't looking for nor expecting that. If you're looking for Tolkien or Salvatore, you'll be a bit disappointed. If you want some good fun, with many inspired moments, for example as a distraction while driving, you'll be rewarded.

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Not for me

Well written, well read. I just couldn’t get into the story. You may really like it but I found the story a little complicated.

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Got as far as I did because Ray Porter is great

With any other narrator I would have stopped this book after a few chapters. As it is I made it to chapter 10. There are a lot is inconsistencies but what finally had me putting this book away was that it had a lot of fat that could be cut. The redundancies in explaining about the characters and the scenes that dragged on were just too much to bear with.

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I really tried to enjoy this novel

I really tried to enjoy this novel however it could not catch my interest despite Ray Porter's narration. I agree with the other reviewer in which they say Ray Porter's skills were wasted on this series. The main reasons I gave it a chance were because it is narrated by Ray Porter and it was in the plus catalogue. I am so glad I did not waste money on it.

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I don't think you said rahj aton enough

-1 star for each hundred times the book says rahj aton. unfortunately I can't give less then 1 star.

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