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A Demon in Silver: Book One of War of the Archons
- The War of the Archons Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In a world where magic has disappeared, rival nations vie for power in a continent devastated by war.
When a young farm girl named Livia demonstrates magical powers for the first time in a century, there are many across the land that will kill to obtain her power. Duke Gothelm's tallymen, the blood-soaked Qeltine Brotherhood, and cynical mercenary Josten Cade: All are searching for Livia and the power she wields.
But Livia finds that guardians can come from the most unlikely places...and that the old gods are returning to a world they abandoned.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-02-25
meh
It's alright but I kept comparing it to the Fifth Season, after that trilogy being a masterclass in writing war and trauma, this story just didn't hit the mark. Easy listen while multitasking.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Derek
- 2022-02-23
Just ok
The premise of the world isn’t a bad one, but the author doesn’t do much to draw you into it. Barely explaining background and lore, and not the most interesting characters.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- smeggs
- 2023-09-17
Rushed ending, confusing chronology
Well written, but the female characters are token Mary Sues with little to no character progression. The males are basically carbon copies of each other and are lacking any depth. The ending was rushed compared to the slow build in the rest of the book. Had to force myself through the last few chapters.
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- Richard
- 2021-12-02
Great
The book was well written but I needed to reread it to understand the book as the constant jumping back and forth in the plot can be confusing without have the backstory, parts of the story seems to be added in at random even tho it would make more sense if those parts were put on the plots that were added to it example sins plot, but for those who enjoy the warriors books/ magic it was and interesting read
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Terry Ladan
- 2022-01-07
good intro to a series
I found is confusing at first jumping around to build character histories . Once the story got going it was hard to stop listening.
As an introduction to a saga it is good I think once more stories unfold it will be a great .
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Susan Hennig
- 2022-01-02
Really confusing
It took 17 chapters before any characters were brought together and the story FINALLY started coming together. It took way too long to make anything start to make sense. Until that 17th chapter they could have all been individual stories.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Langer MD
- 2023-04-19
Gritty Fantasy
R.S. Ford crafts a fairly typical setting for a Fantasy tale: a Medieval-level-of-development reality (horses, swords, castles, etc) - but adds the twist of a parallel plane populated by God-like celestial/demonic beings at war. Magic has all but disappeared on this side of the metaverse, but a battle among the 'Archons' is spilling over.. and magic is resurging for the first time in over a century.. since "The Fall".
Ford's imagination of a world torn by battles between the remnants of religious cults is outstanding; his descriptions of strikingly realistic (often selfish & nasty) characters & violent encounters are mind's-eye vivid; and his vocabulary/prose - while never going to win awards - is capable.
Unfortunately, he also injects X-rated sex scenes and unnecessary expletives into the narrative.. turning an impression of gritty GrimDark realism into an often sophomoric "shock-em" exposition. In addition, he does a relatively poor job of developing a potentially gripping alternate reality (the worldbuilding is subpar) and he introduces a new central character ('Qeltine Brotherhood' Bloodcult Warrior Kaleb) in the MIDDLE of the book and holds most of the action for the last few chapters (the pacing isn't great).
On the positive side, Blackstone Audio Inc. hired Derek Perkins to read the book - and he turns in one of the best performances that I have heard in a while. Perkins exhibits his characteristic professional diction/pacing, comfortable timbre/cadence, and pitch-perfect tone.. but also emotive & spot-on voice-acting.
In toto, Book One in 'The War Of The Archons' series merits a respectable 7.5 stars out of 10. If you can get it - as I did - as a 'Plus' selection, do not hesitate. It would actually rate a Credit for Fantasy fans willing to put up with some eyeroll-worthy storytelling elements. It's good enough for me to personally continue with the series (at least for a book or two).
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- Luke VanDusen
- 2022-01-06
hmmmm
very hard to stay interested. every time your getting into the characters, it'll abruptly start another group of characters... story is all over the place...... AND OMG NO ONE CAN WALK OR RUN. all they do is trip and fall!
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