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Spellmonger
- Spellmonger, Book 1
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
Nominee, Audie Awards - Fantasy, 2018
Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese.
For six months things went well: He found a quaint little shop, he befriended the local lord, the village folk loved him, he found a sharp young apprentice to help out, and, best yet, he met a comely young widow with the prettiest eyes.
Then one night Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins - gurvani, they call themselves - bent on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. And that was the good news. The bad news was that their shamans were armed with more magical power than has been seen since the days of the ancient Imperial Magocracy - and their leader, a mysterious, vengeful force of hate and dark magic, is headed directly to Boval Vale, along with a massive invading army of gurvani. The good people of Boval and their spellmonger have only one choice: To hole up in the over-sized Boval Castle and hope they can endure a siege against hundreds of thousands of goblins.
When the people look to him for hope, Minalan does his best, but the odds are depressing: There are multitudes of goblins, and they want Boval Vale as a staging ground for a vengeful invasion of the whole Five Duchies. Add to his troubles a jealous rival mage, a motley band of mercenaries, a delusional liege lord who insists victory is at hand despite the hordes at his door, a dour castellan, a moody, pregnant girlfriend, and a catty ex-girlfriend who specializes in sex magic - all trapped in a stinking, besieged castle with no hope of rescue, and you'll understand why Minalan is willing to take his chances with the goblins.
All that stands between the gurvani horde and the people of the Five Duchies is one tired, overwhelmed baker's son who wanted nothing more than to be a simple village spellmonger.
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- Michael
- 31-03-17
Give it an hour of your time and you won't regret it
This took me a few minutes to realise that the performance was matching the character to perfection, brilliantly witty
Can't wait for book two
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- Alan R
- 10-03-17
If only a sixth star was available...
Good story, well written. John Lee's narration is fantastic. I look forward to the sequel(s).
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- Craig Starkey
- 31-07-20
Author is a obviously a creep
I lasted 8 hours ignoring the ‘women are only for sex’ bit as the story is good, then the Auther went full pedo with a 15 year old girl, Its creepy weird and add nothing to character building or within story context and ruins a good story. Dont bother. Find a Joe Abercrombie book, way better.
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- Richard
- 25-06-17
I won't be listening to the next...
Yeh not my bag, as someone else said it just seems a bit like the account of one mans life who has an extremely large ego. If someone is going to be the saviour of the day, don't write it in 1st person. It's just not appealing to the British sense of modesty.
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- Martin Palmer
- 23-06-17
Takes Soooo Long to Get Going
What would have made Spellmonger better?
The author keeps going on these lengthy digressions about various aspects of the world he has created. Even seemingly minor characters are given their entire back story and it seems the history of every location we visit in the story.
What was most disappointing about Terry Mancour’s story?
The author fails to keep the story ticking over - got bored and lost interest. I feel there's a good story in there but it would've been better if he worked the detail in whilst keeping the story moving rather than stopping the action for long periods of time.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
The narrator does a reasonable job with the material he has to work with. Most other books I've returned have been because of the narrator. That's not the case on this occasion.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment.
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- Nik
- 02-04-17
did not finish
it may be that this story improves but it's so dull. The narrator is so dull. I think the sex storyline is maybe to find some excitement but again, dull.
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- Gillan
- 27-07-17
Abuser does magic
Child rape of two 15 year olds and a sexual assault before the plot really gets going really drags my opinion down.
As others have said, the book is mostly the protagonist bragging and the author living out his sexual fantasies. The plot itself would be okay, if a little eye rolling in places, if not for the rape and assault, standard fantasy fare of winning against overwhelming odds and setting up more books in the series.
John Lee's performance is great, shame about the subject matter.
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- Simon
- 23-05-17
Great work, but...
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... it's ridiculously effing obvious how this author lives out his own male fantasies through the book, especially towards the end. Other than that it's a great listen, he really builds a convincing narrative. Good work!
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- Steven
- 18-03-17
epic
really good story although lost speed in the middle but hoping next installment won't be too long.
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- Nick
- 22-03-17
A most promising first novel in the series.
Great characters, goblins, epic warfare, court intrigue & magic sex. Works for me on many levels!
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