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Bound

By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
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Summary

Alex Verus can see the future. But he never thought he'd see this day. Manoeuvred by forces beyond his control, the probability mage has made a terrible choice: he's agreed to work for his old master once more.

Richard Drakh, the sadistic dark mage Alex escaped as an apprentice, has him in his clutches again. And this time he won't let go so easily.

©2016 Benedict Jacka (P)2016 Hachette Audio UK

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fabulous new installment with a few irritations

As usual I was on the edge of my seat with Alex's latest tale. Gildart Jackson has been a stellar narrator but I've a few niggles - bad enough to change Helicowan's accent in a previous book (both he and Landis originally sounded like Sean Connery) but he was a minor character. why did Morden's have to change though? Something also up with Arachne's voice. It's become more sinister and slightly lower and also more mechanical rather than her usual clipped enunciation. I know it sounds minor but Gildart's made these people alive to me! it's disconcerting.

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Excellent story, shame about the voices!

This, as the previous books is an excellent story. It leaves us desperate fir the next instalment. However, at one point I had to check that it was the same narrator- mostly it sounded like him, but certain characters now had very different voices and I'm not sure I understand why. Did the producer change, did no one listen to previous recordings to check?
BUT, I would still recommend the series and this book, just hoping that it's back on track next time. It's disconcerting when every time Arachne spoke I expected her to say "Now is the winter of our discontent ........" in that voice.

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Good baddies & bad goodies

Jacka must be doing something right as with each new book I vow to take my time and read/listen slowly but then I always end up doing a weekend binge!

Plus points: Morden has a bigger role; time is passing and everyone's allowed to be a bit more grownup; darker (altho there is a moment at the end that is pure Scooby Doo); Good and Bad are blending to grey.
Meh points: Arachne's voice has developed a harsh Chinese accent; Rachel is still an undeveloped character; must there always be pages and pages of a big gun battle? Yawn.

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Game Changer

So much to say about this story, but so little desire to say it!

Still the same amount of action and adventure, but distracted by the bickering of too many of the various characters. In fact, New Year mind wandered so much that I started a discussion with myself on whether Leonardo DiCaprio could play Alex? I worked out that Alex is 31 years old, even though he sounds older (To be honest I remember thinking that he was 50-60+ when we encountered him in book 1). So that would make Leo just right for the role...

Anyway, back to the story: Now the worlds of the Light Mages and the Dark Mages are seriously blurred in terms of personalities. As in real life, everything can’t always be defined in black or white and it looks like one of our characters is slipping to the Dark side (by choice???), and maybe another by circumstance!!!

Whilst all of this is intriguing and compelling, I didn’t actually really enjoy it. There are some distasteful scenes (too many in my opinion), and some long winded scenes too! Others have commented on the changes in character voices, I agree that those are annoying (unnerving), but more irritating to me was, despite all of them (Alex’s team) reiterating that they are a team and work well together, they none of them listen to each other or rely on each other’s expertise!

Things have changed and are changing, both in the tale and in the narration. I don’t think that I’m enjoying either. Of course I’ll have to see where it goes from here, but I wonder if I’m approaching the end of this journey?

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One of the best!

Love the narrator and love this series. Definitely one of the best in the UF genre.

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Disappointing

Listened to another Alex Verus novel previously and was looking forward to this one. It could have been a short story lasting 2-3 hours as most of it recapped and retold episodes of past events that Verus and friends had been through. This meant listening to lots of dialogue that wasn't adding to the story but rather distracting the reader from any enjoyment. Excitement and action only came in the closing chapters so if listening, it may be advisable to skip the majority on fast forward. Narrator also sadly let down the characters by limited voices and little changes between them but hey ho I didn't give a fig for any of them anyway - sorry.

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Another episode in a good series.

It was good but this felt like an average episode in a good series. It didn't feel like enough of a complete story to me. I want more. The characters all moved on but it feels like they have been positioned for more interesting stories to come. I hope they have - looking forward to the next instalment already.

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Good creation of a world

The undemocratic council is getting pretty ludicrous in what is supposedly law and therefore acceptable.

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steadily improving series

the story of this series improves as it goes along. it starts off completely punch-punch-bang-bang but politics and character development seep in making it quite nuanced. fun to listen to. the narrator is still not the best I've heard but he is getting better

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Bound to to story from the start

This book was fabulous. Again the plot twists and turns, rushing from one battle to the next. All the characters seem like my friends now, because I know so much about them. Can’t wait to listen to the next instalment

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