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The Golden Cage

The Ballad of Sir Benfro Book Three

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The Golden Cage

By: J.D. Oswald
Narrated by: Wayne Forester
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About this listen

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Ballad of Sir Benfro: The Golden Cage, the third installment in the new fantasy series from JD Oswald, read by Wayne Forester.

Queen Beulah is determined to have her war, despatching Inquisitor Melyn north into the land of her enemies.

Battling the ever-growing influence of Magog, Benfro struggles to resist the treacherous orders of the long-dead Dragon Mage, a task made yet more difficult by the arrival of Errol in his forest refuge.

His body broken, Errol is tormented by dreams of his beloved Martha, imprisoned in a Golden Cage. He has escaped from King Ballah's torture chamber but remains powerless to help her.

Yet fate has united these two. Apart, they will surely perish, and all Gwlad with them.

Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Mythology Royalty

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Cannot wait to listen to the next chapters. Excellent narration brings the characters and story to life

When is the next instalment

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I have enjoyed the three books so far. I find the speaker is very engaging and enjoy his range of voices. So many for one person... Lovely engaging voice.
At times it is a little slow and at other times I quite like the slowness and gentle story telling.
The characters do develop and grow. at times I get a sense of predicting the future is flagged but then other things pop into the book and move the story in a different direction.
I just checked on when the next in the series is out and it is later this month so not long too wait.

part three of a series - I like series

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Where does The Golden Cage rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the best series.

What other book might you compare The Golden Cage to, and why?

Robin Hobbs Rainwild series.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I just enjoyed the whole concept.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Any additional comments?

I loved all the different dragon personalities, and the way they were woven in with the human characters..

Cannot wait for the next book, please hurry up and produce it as soon as it is written.

More please!

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What disappointed you about The Golden Cage?

If you think the story will come to an end in this last volume of the trilogy, you will be disappointed.

What was most disappointing about J.D. Oswald’s story?

This last book was very long-winded as if the writer wanted to write a thick book but had not enough story to fill with. So the story was too stretched out and there was a lot of fill-up in my opinion. And the story became more and more far-fetched.

What does Wayne Forester bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I cannot know that of course but it was well read, that I enjoyed very much.

Any additional comments?

I would not recommend the last volume of the trilogy and maybe not even part two. Part one was nice.

Beware if you read this trilogy!

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felt like not much happened in this book and I found my attention straying quite alot, I'm invested in the characters now though due to the previous books so will continue with the series

very slow

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