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Traitor's Blade
- The Greatcoats, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Series: The Greatcoats, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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Summary
The Greatcoats - legendary heroes, arbiters of justice...or notorious traitors?
The Greatcoats are travelling magistrates bringing justice to all...or at least they were, before they watched the Dukes impale their King's head on a spike.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-03-18
Awesome book
So I saw this book on one of the offers that pop up in my emails and decided to give it a try . Generally I read the reviews for a new series/author and buy based on both the description and the reviews and in some cases based on just the narrator If it’s one that I’ve found especially good . This book totally caught me by surprise . It’s exquisitely well written . It’s fast paced , has plenty of humour and action . What really got me though is the author and indeed the narrators ability to make you care about the characters and both what happens to them and how they act . This author is one of those rare individuals with the ability to touch your core with his words . Something I’ve rarely experienced since my days of reading the stories of david gemmell.
I’ve now bought the rest of the series and will review each in turn and keep an eye out for anything else by this author . The narrator is also top notch and is certainly one to keep an eye out for .
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- cameron
- 28-03-18
interesting
I liked the idea of the saints and gods a lot, some really great world building.
took me a while to get behind the characters but once I had I really enjoyed and will definitely be listening to the rest of the series.
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- Johnny
- 14-01-18
Good adventure romp
Really enjoyable listen with overtures of the Three Musketeers but not exactly the Three Musketeers good story keeps even the avid listener interested in the final result will certainly listen to the other books
17 people found this helpful
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- J Smith
- 22-05-18
Loving it!
Probably my favourite listen during a month of really good listens!! :)
I love the fights, the gripping story, the twists, the light touch of humour throughout that keeps it a pretty easy listen and to top it off, the narrator does a super job. His main characters are great and easily distinguishable, even the secondary characters have good accents and personalities. Ok, so some of the peripheral characters have familiar sounds, but this doesn’t detract from the performance!
Very well done all round! I’m already 2/3 through book 2! :)
7 people found this helpful
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- sonvagun
- 19-05-18
Enjoyable but...
A bit too fast paced for me, from one action scene to another just over did it. Solid story though and great narration.
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- Stephanie
- 29-01-18
It’s been a while
It’s been a while since anything in the genre has captured my attention this well, thoroughly enjoyed it, will get next in series ASAP. Well read in a lively, clear manner, no lengthy battle scenes, plenty of dialogue, thumbs up from me
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- Arman
- 15-12-17
awesome story, great performance
Love this voice actor, perfect accompaniment to this dark, gripping story. A tale that kept me enthralled throughout, awesome ideas filling a gritty world.
Felt very unique and yet also like a classic old timey fairytale.
Loved the neat ending and look forward to reading more
10 people found this helpful
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- Brian
- 11-02-18
What is the purpose of this book?
Very much a narrative mess. So much of it is told, not shown. The main character recalls memories relevant to plot points only moments before they happen. This would not be so bad if character growth was not retroactive; the smell of strawberries is important about 2/3 of the way through the book, but is not at all foreshadowed. If you've read the book, I'll just say this; 'great horses'.
Furthermore, many narrative threads are abandoned part way through the story. A moderately spoiler free example is one of the characters being labeled a 'beserker'. This feels significant, but in most of the book it isn't addressed, or even mentioned or hinted at being a deeper issue.
Finally, none of the fights have any tension. Falcio already tells you the outcome before the fight has begun, and most often either Mary Sues through a fight, or is utterly trounced.
There is too much going on in this book, and it seriously needs an editor to sit down with Castell and figure out what they are trying to say with the story.
Voice actor is good, and is worth mentioning that they have a variety of voices for different characters. Would look up other books they have narrated, such as Prince of Thorns, as they are also enjoyable.
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- KEOGAARD
- 23-04-20
A good book for teens most likely
struggled with that book, it felt very childish as if written by a teenage boy to be honest
wouldn't recommend for adults
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- Anders
- 23-05-18
Truly enjoyed this book!
Well written, well narrated and refreshing that the protagonist isn't yet another teenager ignorant to the world, but someone with a few miles on him.
I warmly recommend this book, as I jump eagerly to book 2...
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- Teppo
- 02-02-20
This is bad...
Narrator was ok, but everything else in this book is just bad. The plot is entirely driven by deus ex machina, The characters constantly get in 'unbeatable' situations and then author just comes up with some random miracle that solves the situation. Another issue that i have is that all women in the book are portrayed as old hags, prostitutes or children, there is no 'normal' women in it. I don't understand how is this getting so good reviews... don't waste your money on this.
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- Jonnathan
- 20-03-19
Excelente Historia y narrador.!
Historia contada desde primera persona, todo a través de los. Ojos de Falcio lo cual lo hace muy interesante. Las voces, expresiones y la narración en general es muy buena, a veces te hace sentir dentro del libro.
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