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Jimmy the Hand (Legends of the Riftwar, Book 3)

By: Raymond E. Feist, Steve Stirling
Narrated by: Matt Bates
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About this listen

The third and last novel of Feist’s successful collaborative series.

From the endlessly inventive mind of one of fantasy’s all time greats comes a spellbinding new adventure of high magic, treachery and bloody war.

This time in conjunction with master of alternative history, Steve Stirling, Feist returns to tell the full tale of one of his fans’ favourite most colourful Riftwar characters, pickpocket, mountebank and confidence trickster Jimmy the Hand.

 Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Epic Fantasy Supernatural Thriller & Suspense

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Critic reviews

Praise for Raymond E. Feist:

'Epic scope…vivid imagination…a significant contribution to the field of fantasy'
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One of the most interesting characters in the Riftwar Saga. A difficult task to extract his story from previously published story lines - not entirely successful.

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Great story, interesting development. I really enjoyed this book and the voice actor played his part well.

Loved it

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What did you like most about Jimmy the Hand?

This is a book that details the origins of Jimmy the hand, one of the most iconic characters in the riftwar saga. The archetypal rogue, he goes from one adventure to another seamlessly. Its great to have a story from the perspective of the cunning thief for once, instead of the same old daring adventurers, or goody-good party out to save the world. Jimmy is in it for his own interest and has only his wits to keep him alive, very tense scenes and lots of intrigue await. This is a true gem

What did you like best about this story?

The new perspective, and the way Jimmy manipulates his environment and resources to get what he wants. A detailed character study, with great delivery, allowing you to become involved in the psychology of the main character. Very fun.

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

Brings life to the scenes and to the struggles of each character, with an animated tone.

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

Yes of course

Any additional comments?

An excellent read or listen, recommended for fans of raymond e feist, fantasy novels, or general thievery

One of the most beloved characters in the series

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My thanks to the author and the narrator this book was a truely amazing story to listen to I would highly recommend this wonderful story to all my thanks again to the author and the narrator for the pleasure of listening to this wonderful story.🤗🙃

A wonderful book

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Having listened to previous Feist titles with Joyce as the narrator, whilst Bates is good he isn't a scratch on Joyce.

Asides from that, it just isn't quite top notch Feist: Ray himself said that the ending is so unfinished due to Steve Sterling being very late to his deadline, and generally quite uncooperative...

Peter Joyce is better than Matt Bates...

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