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The First Wizard

Dawn of Wizards, Book 1

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The First Wizard

By: Jeffrey L. Kohanek
Narrated by: Pavi Proczko
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About this listen

Before wizards, the races of magic held the power...
and enslaved humans.

Ian and Vic are brothers. Their lives are simple, and while they might long for excitement, happiness can be found in a hard day's work, a sunny day, or the smile from a pretty girl.

Their lives are turned on end when their village is attacked and they are taken as slaves, destined to labor under the watchful eye of their captors.

The strife that had long dominated much of the world had found them.

Things would never be the same.

Listen and discover how the first wizard came to be.

From international bestselling author Jeffrey L. Kohanek comes a fantasy epic filled with twists, magic, and discovery, certain to keep you enthralled and repeatedly saying "just one more chapter."

©2023 Jeffrey L. Kohanek (P)2025 Jeffrey L. Kohanek Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Magic Magic Users Wizardry

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the easy pace of the book was outstanding it was steady but not slow and dull well worth your time ps with five minutes to go I got the second book

the rock wolf attack

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a good coming of afe fantasy that has plenty going on , it feels a little slow on occasion but still very enjoyable

a good coming if age fantasy

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Kohanek's Silmarillion, of sorts . Here we have the endvof the First Age. Without too many spoilers we've got several fantasy tropes, young innocent farm boy finds old mentor, learns special powers, becomes the Chosen One and is off to save the World. En route is joined by various characters from various fantasy races and Good fights Evil. Oh and the Hero has IBS!
Whilst fun, this book lacks the pace of previous works and the plot takes a while to step up a gear. As a reader of the Wizardoms series I felt these characters live in the shadows of Jarell and co. I want book 2 to pick up the pace and grab me. Overall I enjoyed at and it really picked once the questing started in earnest. 4☆

Dawn of Wizards 1

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This is the 2nd listening. I've had the last in the series for a while but decided I wanted to start from the beginning again before the finale. I enjoyed it as much as the 1st time - good character and plot building.

Excellent Adventure

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a easy listen that has fun characters to follow and a great story line. well performed.

a fun read

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