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Road of the Patriarch
- Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Book 3
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Series: Forgotten Realms - Sellswords, Book 3, Legend of Drizzt, Book 16
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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This latest installment in New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore's beloved fantasy saga, The Companions moves Salvatore's signature hero Drizzt into a new era of the Forgotten Realms. As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life - the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Meanwhile, the first stirrings of the Sundering begin.
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Publisher's Summary
THE MERCENARY: A dark elf of limitless guile dares to challenge a king and carve for himself a place in the inhospitable World Above.
ILNEZHARATA and TAZMIKELLA: Ancient dragons of great power, accustomed to easily manipulating the humans around them. But not all humans are so easily led. When they pushed Entreri and Jarlaxle into the heart of the Bloodstone Lands, not even they could have imagined the strength of the human assassin's resolve, or the limitless expanse of the mercenary's ambition.
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- Derrick La Saga
- 2018-10-23
TERRIBLE NARRATION
David, the narrator of this book, did a heavy British accent for all the characters. He obviously did not spend any time whatsoever listening to the voice performance by Victor Bevine to understand how to make some continuity between Victor's performance and his so that it would be easier for readers to make the adjustment between one narrator to the next. Unlike Victor, David does not spend any time at all understanding how to give any energy to the characters' voices based on certain situations. He doesn't give any life to the reactions, he simply reads their dialogue and the story. I don't feel like there's any heart or passion put into his performances. I will not buy another book without Victor Bevine as the narrator. End of story.
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- Zachary Bowman
- 2018-09-11
Great story. Bad narration.
Great story as usual for the series and after listening for awhile I've changed my initial thoughts on the narration. they're decent enough but still do not hold up to Victor's from the previous books.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-03-28
horrible narrator
the worst narration I have heard by far. i almost don't want to finish it. please return victor bevine because he at least delivered the lines like a human being and not an alien.
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- PoppaS
- 2021-01-30
Entreri shines
I wasn't a huge fan of book one of this trilogy, (maybe just the switch from Drizzt) but this book wraps things up beautifully. My only complaint is the pronunciation of Charon's Claw, which to me should have a 'k' sound rather than Sharon's claw like the narrator here uses.
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- Chris Ramsden-Wood
- 2021-01-25
Great story, narration meh
As always R A Salvatore delivers a great story. Well written battle scenes move fluidly and gracefully. Favorite characters fleshed out more as the story and series continues. Why they changed the narrator to David Colacci after 15 books from Victor Bevine is beyond me. Audible or whomever should step up and have this book in the epic series redone for at least continuity. Colacci does not come close to Bevine in character acting nor can he pronounce key names properly. Ie “Sharron’s claw??” Many times I almost stopped listening forgoing the adventure altogether as it was a struggle to get through. Thankfully if you persevere, Bevine is back in “The Thousand Orcs” and the story can resume properly with him at the helm.
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- Sigma Watters
- 2020-11-15
Great story, terrible narration.
I'm not sure why they chose this David guy over Victor, but he is emotionless and tonedeaf. Dwarves apparently have an Irish/English accent now, in contrast to almost every other voice acting in existence.
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- Samantha
- 2020-11-10
Amazing story, different narration
I miss Victor Bevine who narrated the previous Forgotten Realms novels - some weird accents for characters in this one
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- nicholas r.
- 2019-12-25
Not used to the new narrators voice
Love RA Salvatores work. The only reason I didn’t give it a better reviews is I liked the old narrator better,but will probably get used to the new guy. Love Artemis and Jarlaxle’s characters. Great story!
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-09-24
great capstone
this was my favorite of the trilogy, it was interesting to see it narrated by someone else than Victor Bevine.
honestly, having a new narrator messed a little bit with my headcanon voices, but the new characters introduced in the book were expertly acted.
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- N. Gage Cadotte
- 2019-06-16
A satisfying conclusion to Entreri
I like this narrator a lot, and the story itself was excellent, with a great sendoff to Entreri -assuming he isnt due to appear again in later chapters. This may be my favorite entry in the Sellswords Trilogy.
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- Dusty
- 2014-06-10
Wont buy any more of these books with out VictorB
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Nothing against the narrator but to have a single narrator do 90% of the books I have bought and then this, I could not get past the differences. Its almost like they were different characters. Victor Bevine is one hell of an narrator and I didn't realize it at first but now after a few books without him I cant buy any more of the books with out him.
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- Jerrod Volkmar
- 2015-01-31
Narration Needs Udating
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Narration needs updating since books 1 and 2 were recorded after book 3. It doesn't flow very well when listening to the whole series together.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2017-06-06
Effects of a new narrator
I've been in R. A. Salvatore fan since the Crystal Shards Series. Originally I read the first three series. But I found a new love for them with the narration of Victor Bevine. He may have been mispronouncing the names but he established what we got use to hearing. I own most of these books. I bought the audio books because of the narration. To be able to live the adventures again while in stuck in traffic. This book series changed the actor in the middle of the trilogy. Movies don't do this, if they can avoid it, and in my humble opinion, neither should audio books. I take nothing from David Colacci he is good. But many of his characters sound same. Victor is a master at make me see a different person in my mind. I hope he is in the next series. I really missed him.
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- Sean
- 2016-06-29
The Narrator is not good for these charactors
What would have made Road of the Patriarch better?
Victor Bevine would make this better. He knows the charactors, where David does not. Half the time I can't tell whos talking the voices are all the same or near enough.
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- dan
- 2016-02-06
JUST STCK WITH VICTOR BEVINE!! SERIOUSLY
Great book but whoever keeps throwing these bs narrators (orc/witch/ghost king books too) instead of just sticking with victor bevine should be slapped..or fired.. or both! :)
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- Don
- 2017-08-10
meh
A narrator mispronouncd almost every character name and place. Victor bevine is by far the best narrator for these books. I'm not quite sure why they switched to David Colacci anyway. I can't wait to get to the next book so I could listen to Victor again, by far the definitive Drizzt. He even mispronounced DRIZZT name, he called it DRITZT! made me cringe every time he called him that.... it's like, spend an hour and research the pronunciation for your JOB... -_- the source material was amazing though... thousand orcs will be amazing no doubt. Victor Bevine is back!
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- Brett Conoly
- 2017-07-08
Where is Victor Bevine?
Rough listening to the series and then having the narrator change it...please re-record this with the original narrator.
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- Ryan Baines
- 2015-09-21
I will not buy another book not narrated by Victor
they changed narrators and I will not buy another by this narrator. stupid stupid stupid
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- Neal Wolf
- 2015-03-14
Good story well ended
No one other than Victor Bevine should've narrated this. Very good tale, very bad narrator
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- J. Diaz
- 2014-04-18
Great Book!!! Only one disapointment
Would you listen to Road of the Patriarch again? Why?
Sure, eventually. Great Story and characters
What did you like best about this story?
Character development and past history
What three words best describe David Colacci’s voice?
Good but a bit of a lack of range. Victor Bavine was better in this regard. He is a good narrator though
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
The first 2 books were Victor Bavine. Why change for the 3rd. The change in style was a bit jarring. Other than that it was a great book.
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