I'm sure the series will eventually get to developing Pug, but a 17 hour book and only one instance of him (a magician) using magic in the first like 2 hours is kind of dumb to me (and being ignored in the book for the last 8 hours). I'd argue the side characters (Thomas or Roland) would be considered far more developed than Pug is at this point. If you don't care about the main character just being dropped from existence for at least hours 8 -> 16 then this book is great. Great writing, well-rounded characters, interesting story.
I'm sure that by the time I finish the rest of the Riftwar books, I won't be able to imagine another narrator in his place. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad by a long shot, or even off-putting enough that I wouldn't want to listen, it's just my $0.02.
Without wording prompts of who was speaking, a few of the characters come across sounding the same. My only (very slight) criticism that kept it from being 5 stars (I would have gone 4.5 if I could) is a bit of a lack of range on his characterizations. While I did only give four stars on the performance, I don't mean that as a knock on his ability. Nicholas Guy Smith is an excellent narrator. I will confess that there may be some rose-colored nostalgia in this for me, but I still am really enjoying this audio version. The world(s) is(are) well developed but the author lets you discover it organically as the story progresses, as opposed to an info-dump of world-building. The characters are compelling and grow and develop with the story. I haven't read it in years, and I was afraid my nostalgia was overshadowing the reality of the book but it really does stand up to my memory of it. This wasn't the first fantasy novel I ever read, but it was the first that brought a world to life for me and really dragged me in to the genre. I'm only halfway through the audio, but I think I can safely write a review at this time.
RAYMOND E FEIST MAGICIAN SERIES PROFESSIONAL
Hobbies include collecting movies on DVD, fine wine, books on the history of Professional Football, and the works of American Illustrators.The book that started my love of the Fantasy genre His latest book in the growing Riftwar Cycle, being A Crown Imperilled, the second book in the series entitled The Chaoswar Saga, also the last series of the Riftwar Cycle. The subsequent trilogy, the Darkwar Saga comprising Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, and Wrath of a Mad God. Stirling.įollowing a move to the Eastern Realms, he has introduced us to Talon of the Silverhawk and the Conclave of the Shadows. In more recent collaborations, we saw the arrival of the Legends of the Riftwar, which included, Honoured Enemy with William Forstchen, Murder in LaMut with Joel Rosenberg, and Jimmy the Hand with Steve M.
in Communication Arts with Honors in 1977.Ī New York Times, and Times of London Best-seller, he is the author of Magician, Silverthorn, and A Darkness at Sethanon, the three novels comprising The Riftwar Saga, the first series in the Arc that has become known as the Riftwar Cycle. Other works include the Empire Trilogy (co-authored with Janny Wurts), Krondor's Sons, comprising Prince of the Blood and The Kings Buccaneer, and Faerie Tale a dark-fantasy set in contemporary America. Subsequently he wrote the Serpentwar Saga, and The Riftwar Legacy series which is based in part on the hugely successful computer games set in his universe, Betrayal at Krondor and Return to Krondor. He was educated at the University of California, San Diego, where he received his B.A. Feist (full name Raymond Elias Feist, though also known as Ray Feist), is a Southern Californian by birth and a San Diegan by choice.
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