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  • Sword in the Storm

  • Rigante, Book 1
  • By: David Gemmell
  • Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
  • Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (463 ratings)
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Sword in the Storm

By: David Gemmell
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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Summary

Born in the storm that doomed his father, Connavar grows to manhood among the mist-covered mountains of Caer Druagh, where the Rigante tribe dwell in harmony with the land and its gods. But beyond the border, across the water, an evil force is gathering strength, an unstoppable force that will change the world beyond all recognition. Haunted by malevolent spirits and hunted by evil men, Connavar sets out on a spectacular mission to save his people.

From the master of the genre, this is a tale of love and honour, friendship and courage, as Gemmell explores the intriguing worlds of Celtic myth and earth magic.

©1998 David Gemmell (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group

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Great story. Narration is somewhat discordant.

Have been looking forward to the release of the Rigante series for a while. I've always loved the books and was hoping it would be read by the same narrator as the Drenai series.

Sadly, the narrator is awful and seems to pick the worst accents possible. I don't really understand the choice of a female narrator either, most of the characters are men. It's a fairly male centric storyline. Its all a bit strange.

Dissapointed.

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casting is awkward, great story

I would have liked a male Scottish reader, it's decent but not sure about the casting or pronunciation of Celtic words... she performed well enough, but wasn't as smooth as I'd have liked

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Only ever going to give a DG novel 5 stars BUT a

A female narrator for a book of 99% male characters - absolute brain dead idea - most of the time she sounds like a member of ello ello or the female version of Hinge & Bracket. 11 chapters in and my irritation is still running strong.

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Excellent!

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I am a die hard Gemmell fan and read each and every one as they were released throughout the 80's, 90's and 00's. Having finished the audiobook Drenai saga, and being very comfortable with Sean Barrett's voice, I was sceptical about a female narrating the Rigante stories but hats off to Adjoa Andoh. Marvellous job, in my opinion. Her voice is very easy to listen to and, although her accents are based more in Bristol than the highlands, I soon found her storytelling very engaging. By the time I had finished the Rigante series I'd put her on par with Sean Barratt and above Christian Rodska whose accents in the Shannow trilogy were all over the shop in my opinion.Superb, I will re listen at some point.

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Great story......wrong narrator

I have loved this story and its sequels for years. but why choose a woman to narrate when the majority of the lead characters are male and based upon Celtic clans. Her narration of events is smooth, easy on the ear and emotive. The voices she gives to the characters are just jar on the senses, are odd and and at times hard to follow.

This feels like an unnecessary combination of artistic freedom and PC resulting in a a good story spoilt

A shame really as I will not now buy the sequels.

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The best

The finests finest. This is David Gemmel at his very best. If you read this I garauntee that you all be hooked.

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Disappointed by the Southern Narration.

Having ready this book and the rigante series many years ago I looked forward to relaxing and listening to it via Audible. However I was truly disappointed when I heard the Narration. I do not have issues with Adjoa in that a female is reading this, not how I would expected this to be, but nevertheless fine by me. Where I do have an issue is in the portrayal of Con, who to all intents and purposes is from the North and the most likely a Scot or even north of England. To portrait him however with a south West accent flung me from the start and to be honest I never really recovered throughout the entire book. The character became a bit unreal to me. I always envisaged Con to be a strong and quite a commanding personality, well not to me with that accent. Sorry folks, disappointed to the point where I am uncertain if I want to hear about Bane if his voice /accent are along the same lines. Can certainly live with a southern accent for the Drenai novels but surely a book with quotes Highlands, Highland cattle and the 'pipes' must surely be based in the North. We all know who David was eluding to in the tribes and people's in this book.

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Great Story, Not Sure About The Voices....

David Gemmell is one of my favourite authors and the story does not disappoint. The narrators voice is fine, but the choice of accents for the main characters seems an odd one. It appears to make them sound slow witted or addled most of the time, it is read in a very halting manner as if the narrator is having to concentrate very hard, I can only liken them to stereotypical bumpkin accents. Sadly the performance does not work for me, I don't think I'll be listening to the rest of the series, which is a shame because I loved these books.

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Good story - wrong reader

I just couldn’t get into this story. The reader wasn’t the right fit for it. I lost interest.
I had however, also got the Kindle version and one day decided to give it a try. It’s a brilliant story and I really enjoyed that version. I would never have thought the reader could make that much difference.

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Brilliantly Read

Loved this version of the book, really well read and produced, difficult to turn off.

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