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Battle Mage

By: Peter A. Flannery
Narrated by: RD Watson
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Summary

The world is falling to the burning shadow of the Possessed and only the power of a battle mage can save it. But the ancient bond with dragonkind is failing. Of those that answer a summoning too many are black. Black dragons are the enemy of humankind. Black dragons are mad.

Falco Dante is a weakling in a world of warriors, but worse than this, he is the son of a madman. Driven by grief, Falco makes a decision that will drive him to the brink of despair. As he tries to come to terms with his actions Falco follows his friends to the Academy of War, an elite training school dedicated to martial excellence. But while his friends make progress he struggles to overcome his doubts and insecurity. Even Queen Catherine of Wrath has her doubts about Falco's training.

While the Queen tries to unite the Kingdoms against the Possessed, Falco struggles to overcome his fears. Will he unlock the power trapped inside him or will he succumb to madness and murder like his father?

©2017 Peter A. Flannery (P)2017 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Sword & Sorcery Royalty Dragons Magic Wizardry Magic Users
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I enjoyed it at first, until some of the words were hard to understand. That’s when I got the kindle book version and followed along with the narration by RD Watson.

At first, I noticed minor errors and a few stutters, however I drew the line when the narrator completely changed the context of a sentence. It is so annoying because the author says one thing in the book and the audible narrator says another.

Very disappointed.

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Amazing listen let down by the narrators inability to portray shouting or whispering both coming through as a horse sound. Also some sentences clipped the last word which got irritation.

Aside from these issues i would still highly recommend this well written well thought out story

Great listen aside from the mediocre narration

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I bought this as i liked the sound of it and the amount of positive reviews was very encouraging.
To say i was surprised it didn't have more was an understatement , the world building was top notch and usually something this length is split up into a trilogy with the first being promising and the rest to follow increasingly better.
Suffice to say that the dragon riding ( big McCaffrey fan) was a draw helped ,but the characters and the in depth plot with intricate plot surprises kept this a firm focus of my attention.
As this author was unknown to me i can assume that many people haven't given this a try, but they should as i hope further positive reviews will allow for further stories in this world.
Narration was also by an unknown but was done very well and suited the characters well and will also be someone to keep an eye out for.

Excellent and Must have Audio

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l enjoyed this book, it was well read and the descriptions of the possessed excellent.

Excellent story, grusomley described

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it follows a cliche with a boy destined to do great things while overcoming trials and tribulations

its formulaic but entertaining

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