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The Sum of All Men
- The Runelords, Book 1
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
David Farland's acclaimed Runelords series introduces a world where the social structure is based upon the magical exchange of "endowments" such as stamina, grace, and wit. The Runelords are those who receive these endowments from their vassals, becoming superhuman in exchange for the responsibility of caring for those they have deprived of strength, or beauty, or sight.
Young Prince Gaborn of Mystarria is traveling in disguise on a journey to ask for the hand of the lovely Princess Iome of Sylvarresta. Armed with his gifts of strength and perception, the prince and his bodyguard stop at a local tavern, where they spot a pair of assassins who have their sights set on Princess Iome's father. As they race to warn the king, they realize that more than the royal family is at risk—the very fate of the Earth is in jeopardy.
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- Kevin
- 05-05-17
uninspiring
Good narration of a very flat uninspiring fantasy novel. Having just finished the last Covenant book the lack of imagination & use of standard D&D tropes was painful. The whole endowment concept was distasteful & the thought of further entries in the series does not attract me
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-03-23
Can't get along with main character
Entertaining and gripping story but I find the main character selfish, stupid and annoying
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- Daniel Westwater
- 15-08-21
Great book read by the brilliant Ray Porter
Great book read by the brilliant Ray Porter. A fantasy epic anyone who loves the genre will enjoy
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- Jonathan
- 11-05-23
Excellent storyline,delivered brilliantly!
It starts off slowly but as the story builds and the characters form the story becomes very enjoyable.
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- Tracy Tucker
- 07-08-22
Totally absorbing
wonderfully written, and performed superbly. these adventures were a joy to be drawn into.
the only downside was that it ended rather too quickly; I feel there should have been so much more.
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- Ryan
- 25-01-16
An unexpected pleasure!
I had never read anything by David Farland before this novel, I only found it when I searched for other books narrated by Ray Porter as I love his narration and voice and have read many of the books he has narrated. This novel actually suited my love of fantasy, history and action, it had everything I could have wanted in a book. I was surprised to find out how many sequels there have been, I now have a lot of catching up to do and I carnt wait to follow the story to its conclusion and finally i have a few months of good novels to keep me occupied. I must admit that you carnt help but compare this novel to the Lord of the rings and game of thrones, but personally I have enjoyed this more than either of those. The characters are endearing, especially Gaborn and Iome and you feel you could follow them to the end of the earth and never waver and of course Ray Porters performance was flawless. I have already purchased book two and three and I will be speedily devouring them as soon as possible to catch up. In conclusion it's a must read for anyone who has enjoyed Game of thrones or Lord of the rings, or to be honest anyone who enjoys fantasy novels.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-03-22
Excessive usage of name.
The story seems to be good but excessive use of Gaborn in every 2 seconds ruined the story for me. We already know the protagonist's name no need to repeat it in every breath. Could not continue listening because of this eventhough the narrator is really good.
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- brandon b.
- 25-03-21
An all time favourite book of mine
An amazing book, a fantastic writer and well delivered by the reader. loved every minute of it. David Farland really draws in the reader with his detailed descriptions of his locations and unique magic system, I've never seen anything quite like it. A very immersive book to listen to and I found myself getting through hours upon hours of the book at a time. A very big thank you to Farland for writing it and to Porter for his reading and effort he made to bring the characters to life.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-05-22
Probably the most odd review ill write.
Where to start with this, overall the story just does enough to keep you engaged. Its not for te lack of plot or effort put into the writing more so quite the opposite. Its the over population of characters in the important early stages of the book that kept throwing me off. It was simply down to the Mc's side characters that i finally got who was with who and where. character names don't help they are for the most part not names that stick in your mind either. With all this in mind the overwhelming amount of detail written in to the book at times is needed others its not.
It really is one of those either love it or not sort of books.
The narrator is pretty good considering the size of the task he had in front of him.
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- Ashs
- 07-02-23
Surprisingly good
It took me a little while to get into this book but it really was worth it !!
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