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Domes of Fire

The Tamuli, Book 1

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Domes of Fire

By: David Eddings
Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
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Six years had passed since the redoubtable knight Sparhawk had triumphed over the evil God Azash and returned to Elenia with Queen Ehlana, his bride. And now a new danger had arisen to threaten the peace of Ehlana's realm. The trouble had started quietly. At home, bandits began to plague the hill country. In neighboring Lamorkand, the customary political unrest turned ominous with whispers that the bloody heroes of old soon would rise again. And travelers reported that the Trolls had all disappeared from the icy northern haunts of Thalesia. Simple problems, apparently unrelated - until an ambassador arrived from the far-off Tamul empire, begging Sparhawk's aid. These same dangers that stalked Ehlana's kingdom had already struck his realm full-force.

The fabled ancient warriors of Tamuli had indeed returned - intent on carnage. Monsters and fell magics had followed, and the havoc and terror they spawned were tearing the empire apart. The empire had sent for the Pandion Knight who had killed the God Azash. If Sparhawk wanted to stop this danger before it could savage his own land, he now must lend his aid. Sparhawk, Ehlana, and their daughter, Princess Danae, agreed to make the grueling trek to the far-distant empire of the east. They traveled in company with a handful of trusted companions: the stalwart champions of the four Militant Orders, the knight Berit, Mirtai the giantess, and the young thief Talen. With the child-goddess Aphrael to speed their journey, they began the treacherous traverse of the utmost reaches of the Daresian continent, to Tamul's distant capital. There, in the emperor's glittering court, they would encounter corruption, treachery - and a greater danger than any man had faced before!

©1993 David Eddings (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Military Political War & Military Royalty
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Unfortunately, I found this narrator very difficult to listen to. The sparhawk books are all brilliant and the elenium was well narrated but many names are pronounced differently in this audio version of the tamuli to how I've ever heard them and how the first trilogy was narrated.

Great story, many strange pronunciations

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All stories are made up events, plot points Major and minor that you would list as bullet points to summarise the story, or detail as A to b to c to D to e...

All great stories have amazing events but often they lose something in the 'to' the points between the events especially when the next coming event is over signed post and the 'to' feels like filler.

'Domes of Fire' dies not suffer this in fact the 'to' the part between the events is often just as enjoyable then the events themselves, there is no drag or sudden jumps and this is due to the ensemble characters, not just a hero and a couple of supporting characters but a dozen fully realised people each with their own story explored at various times within each 'to' section.

This story has no weak points I would strongly recommend anyone who's a fan of this genre to read and although it's a continuation of the previous trilogy it stand alone from the previous well enough.


"'There's no sleeping with the three of you around,' he accused them. 'Coming, Rollo?'
His wife and daughter gave him a quick, startled glance then exchanged a worried look. Sparhawk scooped up Danae's stuffed toy and ambled out of the room, holding it by one hind leg. He could hear Ehlana and Danae whispering as he left. He plumped the toy into a chair. 'It's absolutely impossible, Rollo, old boy,' he said, making sure that his women-folk could hear him. 'I don't know how you can stand it.' There was a profound silence from the bedroom. 'I think you and I should go away for a while, my friend,'
Sparhawk went on. 'They're starting to treat us like pieces of furniture.' Rollo didn't say anything,' but then Rollo seldom did."

Outstanding - The power within the 'to'

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Loved it. Narrator competent with so many voices. Humour, suspense - has it all in a nice bite sized chunk.

Good typical Eddings

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the narrator bizzarley uses a horrible Irish accent for zalasta ugh!!! please stop doing it

terrible Irish accent

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Bought these as I loved these books when I was a kid, read then repeatedly. However I find the story and characters quite simplistic now, still enjoyable and this could be down to my changing tastes as I've gotten older. The narrator did not help matters, he ruined many characters and sucked the humour out of many parts. Certain characters became annoying just from his narration alone, some attempts at different voices were laughable. From really bad Sean Connery impressions to Bugsey Malone. I don't like to say it but I really don't think American narrators do fantasy work very well. Give me Steven Pacey, Simon Ambrose or Sean Barrett any day.

nostalgic with a poor narrator

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