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The Novice
- The Black Magician Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
Sonea knows the other novices in the Magicians' Guild all come from powerful families, but she also knows she can turn to Rothen and Dannyl for help when she needs it. That is, until somone starts spreading malicious rumors about her - and Akkarin, The High Lord, steps in.
Promoted to Guild Ambassador, Lord Dannyl leaves for the Elyne court. His first order from Administrator Lorlen is to resume, in secret, High Lord Akkarin's long-abandoned research into ancient magical knowledge. Not knowing the true reason for his journey, Dannyl is soon facing unexpected dangers.
Meanwhile, Sonea has almost forgotten the High Lord's dark secret, but keeping the truth hidden may be a grave mistake.
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- fantasy finder
- 23-05-20
absolutely great
i love these novels, theare great to listen too and always have a twist in them
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- mybo11
- 02-06-23
Speed up.
I know some people find the guy reading them annoying, and what I’ve found helps when that happens, is to turn up the speed a little.
Not to Alvin and the chipmunks level (unless that’s what you’re into) but up to maybe 1.1x, or 1.2x. It really can make the difference between ok and unlistenable (which is annoying if you’ve already bought the book)
I hope this can help someone, if you’ve read this whole review, lol.
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- Mrs. Lorraine J. Brown
- 02-01-15
A fun bok
Where does The Novice rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is one of the best books I have read
What other book might you compare The Novice to, and why?
This is only the first type of fantasy book I have read
Have you listened to any of Richard Aspel’s other performances? How does this one compare?
No but will look out for him
Any additional comments?
As a visually impaired listener having a story brought to life in this manner is nearly as good as reading IT yourself
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- Practical Woman
- 05-09-14
A griping sequel
Would you listen to The Novice again? Why?
yes, I read this some years ago and enjoyed it so much I brought it to listen to again.
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- Frances
- 18-05-10
Enjoyable reading
Narrative: Brilliant series, I loved reading the novels the first time round and the audio versions have not diminished my love for these books. Faster pace than The Magician's Guild makes this story far harder to stop listening/reading.
Narrator: Easier to tell between point of view transitions, it has slightly improved since The Magician's Guild. The sample gives an accurate idea of what the narrator will sound like throughout the reading. As long as you do that and find you don't mind his voice, then you should be ok.
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- Camilla
- 14-04-16
A fantastic series!
Since the Harry Potter series I have always struggled to get into another magical series - until this one! In this series the magic is all based on scientific facts and altering natural forces!
They characters and well developed and easy to like!
Definitely worth a try!!!
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-04-23
A fabulous read but not listen
I have had the full set of books and read many times.
However, the narration I’m not impressed with. Different accents are fabulous but I feel the narrator hasn’t read the books. Voices are made out to be older than they are written and takes them out of character Trudi wrote them in. This comes out in other books though, but very annoying.
However an easy read and the books are engaging
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- James
- 12-04-15
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A good easy listen just has good has first book going to download load the next one now
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- Lillian
- 28-05-22
Great Story love the series
Have all three books love the series and highly recommend it as a good story and will keep you engaged throughout.
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- Tim
- 09-10-16
consistent performance
great story and a consistent performance (so far) which is not always the case with some trilogies I have listened too.
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