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The Society of the Sword Trilogy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 31 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
Fans have described the trilogy as Game of Thrones meets The Three Musketeers.
When Soren is plucked from the streets and given a place at the prestigious academy of swordsmanship, he thinks his dream of being a great swordsman has become a possibility. However, with great intrigues unfolding all around him, Soren discovers that he is little more than a pawn to the ambitions of others.
As he is swept from high society into exile in foreign lands to escape those who see him as a threat, he must rely on a mysterious gift and the lessons learned at the academy if he hopes to survive in a society where disputes are settled with a sword.
The Society of the Swords Trilogy contains the complete series.
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- GB
- 27-11-17
Took a chance on a new author and....
I was not familiar with Mr. Hamilton's works but thought I would take a chance on a new author. It is not often that I can say that I was drawn in to the story by the narrator so quickly. The characterisations worked (for me at least) the pace was just right and the story and characters developed well. The pictures of the characters and story appeared in my mind with no problems, sometimes this is a hesitant process, but not in this case. I genuinely wanted to know what happened next so I just kept listening. Something of a shock when you consider the length (aka value for money) of the three volumes.
I will not spoil any one's pleasure by discussing the plot, characters of twists and turns other than to say buckle your swash and enjoy.
I shall be looking out for the next offerings from both author and narrator.
Only down side: I used the earlier slightly more compressed format and was plagues by loads of breaks, skips, jumps and odd noises. This was not the case in the past so whatever Audible have done to their production methods has not worked. The new high res format while clear take up an awful lot of space on portable devices. Why the step back? So be careful not to detract from an excellent audio book with a less than optimum presentation.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-01-18
Simplistic but entertaining
Soap opera fantasy by numbers but so fast paced that it remains entertaining. The characters are wooden, the plotting wafer thin but the world is well drawn and the action relentless. Works well as an audio book.
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- Merlin Magician
- 25-10-17
Wonderful long story - I wanted more.
The dislikes were minor (small repetitions which worked well to refresh my poor memory) the likes many. A true STORY (fiction) with gentle magic and a little romance. Likeable characters. I thought it was written by a female, perhaps it had a quality that I have only noted before in female authors. I kept listening until done. I enjoyed the narration which was superbly illustrative and drew me into the story without ever drawing attention to the voice per se. I was quite delighted just when I needed a companion in my life. Thank you.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-11-17
BigAl
Very enjoyable story, well delivered. Leaves room for further books, but finishes the journey nicely. Thumbs up.
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- gda2004
- 02-11-17
Derek Perkins is a good narrator. Good story too
Derek Perkins is a good narrator. Good story too. Worth a listen. recommended for people who like books with a bit of magic.
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- G85731
- 14-12-17
pretty good
This is no Monte Cristo, but it is a compelling romp through an interesting fantasy world executed rather competently.
combined with good narration and a 30hr length I'd say its a damn good use of a credit.
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- Mr
- 21-10-17
Enjoyable but last book a let down
The story overall was a good bit of fun. Follows a fairly typical fantasy scenario of a young boy coming of age etc etc. The first book was for me the best. Second was ok and the third was really disappointing. It just seemed vague and the last chapters were incredibly predictable.
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- Warwick
- 19-11-17
Great story and well paced.
The story was well paced and always had something going on. Occasionally the timescale of the plot wasn't too clear but it all clears up again after a few paragraphs. It is not the most complex of plots but it keeps you interested and always leaves you wanted to listen to 'just another chapter'.
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- James C.
- 09-04-18
Generic and lacking character
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Struggled through 5 hours hoping it would launch into something exciting, but it never did. Decided to give up when I found myself flicking through my library looking for anything other than this.
Technically the writing is fine but the story is unoriginal, the characters feel cliche and flat (with a bit of Marty Stu oozing from the main character), and the events that progress the plot are often just a little too unbelievable with unlikely things relying too much on luck or the character being special.
Worldbuilding is done via infodump, where the character looks around and describes what he sees for several minutes, or the narrator describes world politics that are irrelevant to the plot. The author plainly didn't want to waste the passages of backstory he wrote for worldbuilding but this kills whatever excitement or intrigue was developing. I ended up pressing the skip button to see if it got better, skipped into some romance with a princess, and put music on instead.
IMO the story doesn't have the same bold style or strong characters as books like the First Law trilogy, Lies of Locke Lamora or Name of the Wind. It's got potential, but 5 hours in and it's still lukewarm.
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- SSJ
- 06-04-19
a nice read but nothing exciting story predictable
I did enjoy listening to this book is entertaining but no real surprises is it good guy there's a bad guy there's a poor boy who becomes the hero the saying all that it was still good
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