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  • Ordination

  • The Paladin Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Daniel M. Ford
  • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
  • Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (133 ratings)
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By: Daniel M. Ford
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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Summary

For generations, warlords fought bitterly for dominance in a land without a king, leaving a fractured, war-torn country plagued by thieves, slavers, and the servants of dark gods and darker magic.

Allystaire Coldbourne travels a treacherous path toward his Ordination as a holy knight of legend, a Paladin, a savior of the people. But to fulfill this role, he - and the unexpected allies he finds along the way - must face the demonic, sorcerous evil that stalks the land, the wrath of gods and men, and his own dark past.

©2016 Daniel M. Ford (P)2017 Podium Publishing

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Vibrant, rich and developing.

What did you like most about Ordination?

Allystaire and Idgen Marte developing relationship. Idgen Martes character in general is entertaining and interesting.

What did you like best about this story?

The contrasts between the characters ideology and the way in which Allystaire is always battling himself in his decision making, this makes him feel human which also allows you to relate to him.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Mol flipping out when Allystaire bought the slaves, it felt like such a genuine reaction. This scene really brought out each character's traits to me and allowed me to think about the storytelling in a genuinely different way.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The book portrays each character very well and each actions that the characters take is well thought out and shows great planning when it comes to world development, the scene that moved me most was Idgen Marte standing in the doorway in just a shirt and her hair down, this felt like the moment that showed Idgen Marte's developing personality and comfort around Allystaire.

Any additional comments?

I feel the book really plays with your imagination and makes you ask questions of yourself which challenge your way thinking and show others in an understandable way.

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Brilliant 👍

Definitely the greatest Paladin story that I've ever read and I've read quite a lot.

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Michael Kramer the guy you want reading your book!

I can absolutely guarantee you I'll buy any audio book read by Michael Kramer. His voice was born for story telling as it is like the audio equivalent of the first sip of a perfect cup of tea.

This story, though a tad preachy at first was entertaining and captivating. Very different from the cookie cutter fantasy I'm used to. The characters feel real without any forced crude-ness to explain things like battleworn or broken. Thoroughly enjoyable!

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yup yup yup

Everything that I want in a fantasy book.

Kramer does it again as the narrator.

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Awful Narrator; depressing monotone.

NOTE: I cannot comment on the story, as the narration was so depressing and lack luster, that I had to delete the title. Narrator sounds so serious and dark, would be better for some scientific book, reading facts, than narrate a story of fantasy.

I may be spoiled by Nick Podhel, Simon Vance or Sean Runette.

I love fantasy books, the summary looked like my kinda tale, but could not stomach the dreary narration. Do not be silly like me and buy before listening to the sample!

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Exciting start, my own fault

I should have looked up the word ‘paladin’ in a dictionary before buying this book. I loved the start, Alaistair is a fantastic heroic style character, well written and well performed, but as soon as he’s visited by the goddess and no longer uses his own morals, it totally lost its appeal for me. If you look up the word paladin first and it works for you then it’ll be well worth a listen as it’s gripping and exciting.

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Excellent

This popped up in my recommended list and I gave it a go! Great book and as usual Kramer knocks it out of the park with narration!

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Disney sadistic world.

well pirates are nice slavers not human and slaves adorable.
not to mention despicable lords and priests.
welcome to twenty century Disney take on the world of sadistic fantasy.
it looks like all crimes, sadistic bullying and vigilante trespassings are ok, as long as it's on par with the author world's point of view.

so lefty, so predictable.

as for the writing and storytelling itself, well it's just as blunt, pompous and grandiloquent as the main character itself.

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Overall very enjoyable story but with 1 annoyance

Igdan Marte is a great name if you want to annoy the hell out of anyone listening to the story. Kramer is a fantastic narrator but it only took about 8 hours of hearing Igdan Marte repeated almost non-stop to really,really get on my nerves.

The story is good but oh boy did I almost start praying for Kramer to just take the text in his own hands and start calling her Igdan or Marte instead of both.

Story itself is good but there's not much else to say. Audiobook format probably made the book far less pleasant than it should be because of that one damn name.

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Ordination

This was a Brilliant story I look forward to listening to the rest. I hope the remaining 2 are just as good

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