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Magician
- Narrated by: Peter Joyce
- Length: 36 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
Here starts an adventure that will span lifetimes and worlds. Discover where the story begins. Raymond E. Feist is an internationally best-selling author. My name is Pug. I was once an orphaned kitchen boy, with no family and no prospects, but I am destined to become a master magician….
War is coming to the Kingdom of the Isles from another world, bringing with it chaos and destruction. Pug yearns to train as a warrior and fight for his kingdom alongside his foster-brother, Tomas, but instead he is forced to follow a different path: a path that will lead him right into the heart of the enemy. And one that will change the course of the war - and two worlds - forever. So begins the most epic series in fantasy fiction, a tale that will cross worlds and generations. Magician is the first book in the Riftwar Saga. The trilogy continues with book two, Silverthorn.
Critic reviews
"Epic scope…fast-moving action…vivid imagination" ( Washington Post)
"Tons of intrigue and action" ( Publishers Weekly)
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- Kindle Customer
- 16-12-13
An enthralling story.
Well worth the credit. It is in fact book 1 and 2 of the series and is incredibly good value, at over 36 hours long. I would rate the story as five stars, have already purchased the available sequels and will come back and listen to one this again and again.
Without giving away more than in the synopsis, the initial story follows Pug a potential magician from the initial obscurity of being his keeps kitchen boy, to a journey spanning two beautifully realized and very different fantasy worlds.
While there is quite a bit of action at the start of the story, I personally found it a little slow going at first, after the first dramatic sequence of events. It is well worth having some patience with this story however, as you are gradually introduced to fascinating characters and varying cultures and races in this complex plot. At first I thought the story was only going focus on Pug but as the novel goes on the story becomes even more interesting because it splits also following his companions on their own epic journeys.
The only difficulty I had with the book was the narrator who to me was both a blessing and a curse. Peter Joyce has a pleasant if somewhat dry narrating voice and makes the story interesting by voicing the characters. He also disrupts the flow of the story by announcing he said in a dead pan voice then pausing, which is incredibly annoying and, in my opinion, gets the tone of voice wrong for many of the characters, like the elves.
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- Dr C D Gillett
- 12-07-15
A great story but...
This is a true epic and a great story but for me it took too much from Tolkien and there were so many cliches.
Good, but not great. If you're new to epic fantasy start with 'Lies of Locke Lamora' or 'Name of the Wind'. Both are excellent with well developed characters and some originality.
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- Robert
- 10-06-16
Fantastic fantasy of epic proportions
Read this first when I was about 14 and enjoyed it then even better as an adult and to have it read to me was a dream highly recommended to all
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- Garry
- 30-07-15
Not bad
A fairly good story, quite well performed. One tip for playback on this particular book, is play at 1.25x speed - otherwise... The... Narration... Is... Too... Slow....
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- cindy stephens-law
- 14-08-19
Wonderful
I personally loved this story. The narrator was easy to listen yo and really brought the story to life for me. Well written and perfectly read.
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- Glynn Cardwell
- 01-01-19
Riftwar
loved it! Its been great to get reacquainted with and old tale from my younger days
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- Russell Ong
- 18-09-18
My favourite fantasy story
Greatest fantasy novel ever, amazing characters, amazing world, great originality and such an easy read/listen
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- Anonymous User
- 27-09-18
Skitty story but compelling
A good listen, I would recommend. I will try the second book. I have high hopes.
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- Øyvind
- 23-03-16
R. E. Feita is awesome
Well written, well read. A joy to listen to. Not my favorite author. But one of the best
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- Gareth
- 09-02-15
a great story
the book is without question a personal favourite and is brought to life well tho there is only a single narrator. Still worth the time.
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