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Ex-cop turned private investigator Robert Hoskins always enjoyed the stories his grandmother had told him as a child, stories of the Dryad that lived in the tree, the Faeries in the garden, and the magical world that was created in his imagination. He always enjoyed them; he just never thought that they were true. Robert's childhood world of magic becomes real when a chance encounter with a local casino mob boss introduces him to the world he was born into, the world that was hidden from him, the world of the Fae.
Chris Gordon is a rookie with the NYPD - one with a secret. In his spare time Chris is an exorcist without equal, with a gift from God. But when he saves a beatiful girl from a demonic attack, he discovers there is more to fear than just demons. Finding himself surrounded by vampires and were-weasels and facing a giant short-faced bear, Chris struggles to stay alive, all while protecting his deadly new girlfriend. And then there's her overprotective vampire mother!
How do you keep the people you care about safe from enemies you can’t remember? Ten years ago, Nate Garrett awoke on a cold warehouse floor with no memory of his past and the only clues to his identity were a piece of paper with his name on it and a propensity toward magic. Now he’s a powerful sorcerer and a successful thief for hire, but it turns out that those who stole his memories aren’t done with him yet. When they cause a job to go bad, threatening a sixteen-year-old girl, Nate swears to protect her.
I watched in horror as dark magic sprang from my hand faster than an imp after your socks. I didn't know my name, let alone that I had such power. The man was dead. I panicked. I ran. How was I to know I was a dark magic enforcer, tasked with keeping magic hidden from the world? Yeah, total noob move, I know. But my memory is returning, and the Hidden have given me 24 hours to make amends. Cover it up. Finish the job I was given, or else. Failure isn't an option.
Let's go back to the night I turned 13, the night Grandpa filleted my finger with his cane sword. I can't say what terrified me more, the cold anger in his eyes or the crazy things in his locked study. A talking trunk. Squirming coats. A bookshelf whose titles shifted before my eyes. And one chilling title in particular: Book of Souls. Ten years later I'm on my way to a Romanian monastery, in search of that lost book. But I'm not the only one. Three others have beaten me to the local village: two researchers and...
There is no way to write a blurb for this final book without spoiling all of the others. Suffice it to say, mysteries resolve, dragons war, pigeons abound, and Julius must risk himself in ways he never dreamed possible as Bob's grand plan finally comes to fruition.
Ex-cop turned private investigator Robert Hoskins always enjoyed the stories his grandmother had told him as a child, stories of the Dryad that lived in the tree, the Faeries in the garden, and the magical world that was created in his imagination. He always enjoyed them; he just never thought that they were true. Robert's childhood world of magic becomes real when a chance encounter with a local casino mob boss introduces him to the world he was born into, the world that was hidden from him, the world of the Fae.
Chris Gordon is a rookie with the NYPD - one with a secret. In his spare time Chris is an exorcist without equal, with a gift from God. But when he saves a beatiful girl from a demonic attack, he discovers there is more to fear than just demons. Finding himself surrounded by vampires and were-weasels and facing a giant short-faced bear, Chris struggles to stay alive, all while protecting his deadly new girlfriend. And then there's her overprotective vampire mother!
How do you keep the people you care about safe from enemies you can’t remember? Ten years ago, Nate Garrett awoke on a cold warehouse floor with no memory of his past and the only clues to his identity were a piece of paper with his name on it and a propensity toward magic. Now he’s a powerful sorcerer and a successful thief for hire, but it turns out that those who stole his memories aren’t done with him yet. When they cause a job to go bad, threatening a sixteen-year-old girl, Nate swears to protect her.
I watched in horror as dark magic sprang from my hand faster than an imp after your socks. I didn't know my name, let alone that I had such power. The man was dead. I panicked. I ran. How was I to know I was a dark magic enforcer, tasked with keeping magic hidden from the world? Yeah, total noob move, I know. But my memory is returning, and the Hidden have given me 24 hours to make amends. Cover it up. Finish the job I was given, or else. Failure isn't an option.
Let's go back to the night I turned 13, the night Grandpa filleted my finger with his cane sword. I can't say what terrified me more, the cold anger in his eyes or the crazy things in his locked study. A talking trunk. Squirming coats. A bookshelf whose titles shifted before my eyes. And one chilling title in particular: Book of Souls. Ten years later I'm on my way to a Romanian monastery, in search of that lost book. But I'm not the only one. Three others have beaten me to the local village: two researchers and...
There is no way to write a blurb for this final book without spoiling all of the others. Suffice it to say, mysteries resolve, dragons war, pigeons abound, and Julius must risk himself in ways he never dreamed possible as Bob's grand plan finally comes to fruition.
Audie Award, Fantasy, 2016. As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don't cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn't fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached the end of her patience.
Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a 14th story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business. And now Owen is their newest recruit.
Nate Temple's all-consuming quest to avenge his parents is temporarily put on hold when shape-shifting dragons invade St. Louis. And perhaps cow-tipping the Minotaur for answers might not have been Nate's smartest opening move, because now every flavor of supernatural thug from our childhood nightmares is gunning for him. Nate learns that the only way to save his city from these creatures is to murder his best friend.
Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese. For six months things went well: He found a quaint little shop, he befriended the local lord, the village folk loved him, he found a sharp young apprentice to help out, and, best yet, he met a comely young widow with the prettiest eyes.
Fletcher is nothing more than a humble blacksmith's apprentice when a chance encounter leads to the discovery that he has the ability to summon demons from another world. Chased from his village for a crime he did not commit, he must travel with his demon to the Vocans Academy, where the gifted are trained in the art of summoning. The academy will put Fletcher through a gauntlet of grueling lessons, training him as a battlemage to fight in the Hominum Empire's war against the savage orcs.
Hi, how are you? Yes, I am talking to you, the reader of this book's description. Okay, I get it, fourth-wall breaking is overdone. Get over it. This book, Villains Rule, is a fantasy action-comedy which you have to hear. Not because it redefines the genre, far from it. But rather for what it contains. A villain's tale. How often do you get to listen to a story where the villain is the protagonist? No, not an anti-hero, or a brooding monster, nor a hero thinly disguised as a villain. And not evil. If you want evil, take that nonsense to therapy.
My name's Cesar Hawke. I'm a witch working for a division of the government you've never heard about. The world's not what everyone thinks it is - unless you think that our world's a pawn in a game of chess between Heaven and Hell, and riddled with as much magic and wonder as it is with evil. In that case, the world is exactly what you think. My place of employment - the Office of Preternatural Affairs - takes a modern approach to an ages-old problem.
There are reasons we fear the dark. Bill Ryder...isn't one of them. Gamer, geek, and legendary vampire - The Tome of Bill is the tale of an unlikely hero trying to survive in a world of undead horrors. Despite awesome supernatural powers, loyal allies, and an attitude the size of Brooklyn, the odds are still stacked heavily against him. Bill Ryder must fulfill his destiny and save the world from the ancient terrors that threaten it - all while trying to work up the nerve to ask out the girl of his dreams.
The daughter of a vampire and sister of a devil walking, Valerie finds out she has something neither her brother nor her father possesses: she has honor. Now, she needs to flee a brother who leaves her for dead. Because, if there is one thing Valerie understands it's that justice doesn't turn the other cheek.
The Drenai King is dead - murdered by a ruthless assassin. Enemy troops swarm into Drenai lands. Their orders are simple - kill every man, woman and child. But there is hope. Stalked by men who act like beasts and beasts that walk like men, the warrior Waylander must journey into the shadow-haunted lands of the Nadir to find the legendary Armour of Bronze. With this he can turn the tide. But can he be trusted? For he is Waylander the Slayer. The traitor who killed the King...
Oberon the Irish wolfhound is off to Portland to smell all the things with canine companions, and, of course, his human, ancient Druid Atticus O'Sullivan. The first complication is an unmistakable sign of sinister agendas afoot: a squirrel atop the train. But an even more ominous situation is in store when the trio plus Atticus stumble across a murder upon arrival at the station. They recognize Detective Gabriela Ibarra, who's there to investigate. But they also recognize the body - or rather that the body is a doppelganger for Atticus himself.
Small-time thief and hitman Conor Night thinks having terminal cancer is his worst problem. The illegal treatments keeping him alive are expensive, and the side effects a mixed bag: Conor can raise the dead. When a low-end hit points to a high-end job, Conor is suspicious, but it's an opportunity he can't afford to ignore.
You see plenty of strange things when you're a PI in Las Vegas, but even that couldn't prepare ex-cop Robert Hoskins for what was to come. At first he couldn't believe that all those stories he'd been told as a child were true. But hearing that the fae had taken the casinos over from the mob was something else. Elves, dwarves, werewolves and faeries were just the beginning and battling dark mages, the opening act.
Having banished his enemy to the cold hell of Tartarus, he'll now have to travel to the fae lands to claim his birthright. Along the way, and after, there's demons and dragons to fight and a trip down the river Styx to the gates of Hades itself is on the playlist if he'll want to defeat the dark fae's minions and undo an ancient curse.
Sin City will never be the same.
a great story and well read, I love the voice used for Charlie. only downside was the sound was echoing and sounded like it was recorded in a toilet cubicle ;). It was like that via an Echo, headphones and via android auto.
There have been a lot of books I have thoroughly enjoyed through audible, Tom Keller's first in the "Vegas fae" story was one of them. Despite a few issues with audio (there is far too much 'room' in the recording), I had a thoroughly good time listening to the story. I purchased this, the second book in the series, directly after without reading any of the reviews. Oh, how I wish I had!
I don't know what the stories like because after about two minutes of listening to a tinny, echoey recording I had to turn it off.
This just is not good enough! I am sitting at my desk typing this, in front of a microphone that would have done a much better job (and frequently does as I record videos as part of my work) which is, nonetheless, not a professional set up. The fact is, in the last five years the ability to make good quality audio recordings has never been more accessible. The quality of the first book was just about good enough and, seeing as it was released in 2013, you can forgive it on those few instances where the room interrupts the story.
The recording of this book is an abomination, considering that you want people to spend their hard-earned credits for a product that is not fit to be on the platform.
How dare you!
I will be returning this book but people who are thinking of buying need to understand that when so many reviews are saying that the audio is poor what many seem to be saying is that actually, it's unacceptable.
Even having said that, I am hoping… Praying, in fact, that between the narrator and the author they can sort out the recording of this book. The thing is, the only reason why I am so unhappy about the quality of this product is because I was so looking forward to continuing the story. I care. I care about the characters I care about the world and I want to spend more time in it but I can't do that because of the quality of the audio and I feel that a substandard product has been rushed out just to get money.
I, like many uses of the audible platform, quite happily by every single book an author puts out if I can buy into that author and the story.
You had me with book one. You've lost me book 2.
What's really sad about that is that you would've kept me as a loyal reader by just providing this book with the quality it should have had in the first place.
I would happily buy again if the issue is resolved!
Any additional comments?
I enjoyed the story, but the poor audio quality of the narration was a let down. I would have rated it higher if it didn't sound like the narrator was at the other end of the room.
Sorry Andrew, you're a good narrator but whatever you were using to record your narration spoiled it for me.
Mediocre tale. Poor recording quality, very tinny sounds like it was recorded in my kitchen from rhe other side of the room. The narrator is good so that's unfortunate. He did his best with poor material.
Lots of action in this second installment of the Vegas Fae stories as Robert learns more about his history and kingdom. Brilliantly written, well narrated, this will leave you wanting more.
The performance and story are very good but this was recorded in a room with way too much echo. It became distracting and made it hard to listen to. I thought perhaps the high quality version might be better but no dice.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I am really enjoying the tale of Robert.
This recording has a hall like effect throughout the reading. The narrator does a good job it is perfectly understandable but not up to the quality I am used to from audible books.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Would you try another book from Tom Keller and/or Andrew Troth?
Yes. In fact the first book in the Vegas Faeries series was very enjoyable. The narrator's voice in the first book was itself a great experience, with many tones and accents unique to each character.
What could Tom Keller have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
I can't assess the story in this format, the poor sound quality detracts and distracts too much.
What didn’t you like about Andrew Troth’s performance?
Andrew Troth was not the problem, the echoing, 'huge room' tinny sound of the audio was. Terribly sad, as in the first book the narrator was an enhancement to the book, but with the audio quality so poor that was removed from the experience.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I will have to go read it instead of listen to it.
Any additional comments?
Does no one check the recording before releasing it to sale?
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I loved the first book but this one needs to be removed from Audible until it's re-recorded properly. Sounds like it was recorded in a phone booth.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
The book yes. This version of recording no.
What did you like best about this story?
Hard to say I liked the way the story blended well with the first book and how he not a know it all.
What didn’t you like about Andrew Troth’s performance?
The audio quality sucked so bad I had to stop listening to the book so I could come back later and finish it. If I have to strain to listen to a book then will most likely not finish listening to it.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Not an bad book, but the audio has to much treb, and nearly no bass. The book almost sounds like it was record on a cellphone though I do like the narrator.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
The audio sounds like the performance was recorded through a tube. The reader does a decent job with different characters but has an odd cadence to his speech which is off putting at first. You get used to it and the overall read doesn't suffer too much. Reading the next book in the series is almost required for the flow of these stories. I almost suggest having all three books before starting these reads.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I'm only 15 minutes in and the audio quality is like something a record it on my laptop…this narrator is great and his book is great but what the heck? What happened from the first book to this one?
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This sounded like a tin can and a string. Could barely understand it and turning it louder didn’t help. Hard to follow the story.
I am enjoying the books and series. The narrator is good. However the sound quality, even after deleting and redownloading it on higher standards many times, was horrible. It was like trying to listen to the book off a record player through a wall with a cup to your ear.