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Spellmonger
- Spellmonger, Book 1
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: Spellmonger, Book 1
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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The goblin invasion is on...and a wizard's work is never done! After facing a hopeless siege, an implacable foe, and an impossible escape, you would think that Minalan the Spellmonger would be able to rest - but the armies of the undead goblin shaman Shereul (known as the Dead God to his human victims) are rolling over the Western reaches of the rustic Duchy of Alshar and is headed toward the heart of the Duchy of Castal. Thousands are fleeing for their lives as hordes of goblins pour out of Boval Vale and devastate the rugged fiefs of the Alshari Wilderlands.
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Minalan gets medieval! When you defeat the invading goblin army, get knighted on the field of battle, gifted with lands and gold, usually your happily-ever-after is...happy. But now that Minalan the Spellmonger has been ennobled and enfiefed, Sire Minalan has a task cut out for him that makes defeating goblins seem like child’s play: Moving his very pregnant bride and a few thousand refugees from Boval Vale into the remote, sparsely peopled Domain of Sevendor. But when he arrives, he finds the land withered from neglect, filled with superstition and suspicion.
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My favorite of statesmanship
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Opposites attack! When the Magelord Minalan the Spellmonger’s two apprentices, Tyndal and Rondal, were knighted after the battle of Timberwatch, they were dubbed Knights Magi: A new class of nobility for distinguished High Magi. Designed to combine the pursuit of arcane knowledge with the noble aspirations of chivalry, it elevated them above common warmage...in theory. The problem was they had no idea how to be a Knight Mage...because no one had ever been one before.
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amazing
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But those seven bottles of mead were more than just a folk blessing. As Lord Minalan the Spellmonger began his honeymoon on a decadent river barge with his very pregnant bride, he had no idea that the occasion would have anything more complicated than eating, drinking, and making love on the agenda. But a frantic message from one of the Tree Folk indicating he and Alya may be in danger compels him to skip the lazy repose and travel to a far away ruin to speak with a possibly crazy Alka Alon mage - Lilastien, the Sorceress of Sartha Wood.
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Publisher's Summary
Nominee, Audie Awards - Fantasy, 2018
Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese.
For six months things went well: He found a quaint little shop, he befriended the local lord, the village folk loved him, he found a sharp young apprentice to help out, and, best yet, he met a comely young widow with the prettiest eyes.
Then one night Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins - gurvani, they call themselves - bent on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. And that was the good news. The bad news was that their shamans were armed with more magical power than has been seen since the days of the ancient Imperial Magocracy - and their leader, a mysterious, vengeful force of hate and dark magic, is headed directly to Boval Vale, along with a massive invading army of gurvani. The good people of Boval and their spellmonger have only one choice: To hole up in the over-sized Boval Castle and hope they can endure a siege against hundreds of thousands of goblins.
When the people look to him for hope, Minalan does his best, but the odds are depressing: There are multitudes of goblins, and they want Boval Vale as a staging ground for a vengeful invasion of the whole Five Duchies. Add to his troubles a jealous rival mage, a motley band of mercenaries, a delusional liege lord who insists victory is at hand despite the hordes at his door, a dour castellan, a moody, pregnant girlfriend, and a catty ex-girlfriend who specializes in sex magic - all trapped in a stinking, besieged castle with no hope of rescue, and you'll understand why Minalan is willing to take his chances with the goblins.
All that stands between the gurvani horde and the people of the Five Duchies is one tired, overwhelmed baker's son who wanted nothing more than to be a simple village spellmonger.
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- Emily Hunt
- 2019-05-17
Flat. Boring. And the female “trysts” May as well have been 12 nerd porn
So granted I only listened to five hours. So maybe the book has the most amazing ending ever to redeem it. But after five hours of nothing I gave up. The characters suck. They are so lifeless and uncool. The main character is just a horn dog. It’s like the author is a nerdy 12 year old boy who makes the main character bang every single female the story mentions. It’s tasteless and boring. Honestly in the saturated market of fantasy literature this one is nothing special and in fact bad.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-08-09
Too self obsessed, difficult read.
As a big fan of many various fantasy series, Terry Mancour’s Spellmonger did not fit my pallet. The opening sequence did the book is quite entertaining, a humorous slow climb to clarity that results in some gritty action and intrigue. But the rest of the book fails to pay off, setting up epic concequences that I couldn’t be bothered to see through. The main character is a poor imitation of humility, and has few likeable traits(whatever his name was) . There were moments in the book when I found myself laughing out loud, and as the scene continued I found it was not meant to be funny. And top it all off with John Lee’s bewilderingly dramatic and bland performance.
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- Matthew Lane
- 2020-04-30
boring...
each new plot point means another 20 min of explanation about a new aspect of the protagonist. makes for a dull story.
4 people found this helpful
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- Armin
- 2018-11-27
must read
a relatable lovable main character. you will wish that this book will never end and that the story will hopefully have a good ending for him.
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- majic
- 2020-03-30
alright but kinda silly at times
struggled to finish this one. I gave up with an hour left. I found some aspects of the story and magic ridiculous. the main character is not really that likable. I found the whole sex magic thing ludicrous. it's like that part of story was written by someone obsessed with penthouse letters
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- Oliver
- 2021-11-13
Brilliant World & Beautiful Fantasy Series
The Spellmonger series is trully winderful. Terry Mancour places depth into this massive world in a way that gives you goosbumps and quenches the craving for new high fantasy. I've read few books that engage me this well BETWEEN the lines.
John Lee is a god. The man was born for this series and I wouldnt be surprised if he is a timetraveler born in the medieval pierod.
I ripped through 14 books of the series in 8 weeks, and then started it again from book one and got so much more out of it.
Please try this book, if not for you, not for Terry, not for me, but for John f**king Lee.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-11-06
this guys voice
i swear this dudes voice is like when you hear the voice of god in your head but really its an audiobook
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- Dragana
- 2018-09-20
#Audible1
Great book,had great time reading.John Lee is my favorite performer!! Definitely will read other books from serial. Loved it
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-18
Turn back now if you hate good stories
This is an excellent view into a new fantasy world.
I'm writing this review as I am now 6 books into the series. I do not regret this purchase and it is an excellent fantasy series with its own takes on magic, kingdoms and warfare
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- Phillip L. Newton
- 2021-10-22
not my best pick
the performance was not that good. the main character who is a 24 year old man sounded like a 60 year old British guy or a man acted like a 60 year old British guy. also, I don't know what the physical text looks like but the speaking was choppy. it was read like they were short sentences and he had to emphasize each period. he sound like a 60 year British guy with a stick up his butt the entire time.
the book was okay. but not worth getting the second.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-05-22
Why so serious?
I’m sick of reading the nonsense posted about this book and it’s continuing series. Do not buy this if you expect Sanderson, Tolkien, or Jordan. Do not buy this if you plan to get so serious about your fantasy that you’ll be changing the background of your phone to the book cover-art. Do not buy this book if you’re easily offended. Do not buy this book if you expect to glean some sort of grand wisdom or are seeking catharsis to rival Oedipus. This series isn’t offering that.
This series does offer an enjoyable story, a plot based around common and well known fantasy themes, but in a completely different light (mostly a militaristic one). The main character isn’t a white knight, and yeah, he’s a bit of a scumbag. He’s an elitist asshole, but I think that’s the point of the story. If you want to read a story about a hero that’s valiant to begin with, then go read something more serious, and change your phone background while you’re at it.
I had a really long winded bit in here, mostly about reviewers bashing on anything that hints at misogyny, because it’s not allowed to exist or something... All I’ll say on the subject is that in order for a character to develop beyond a flaw, they must have a flaw to begin with. Just because it’s tender ground the author walks upon doesn’t mean the redemption (later in the series) is lessened for it. If you live in a fragile little world that can’t handle anything beyond your moral high ground, don’t buy this book.
Anyhow, If I were to tag a filter onto this series it would go under fantasy candy. It’s not the hardy meal you get from the wheel of time, nor is the author the iron chef that Sanderson is, but if you multitask and want something to pass the time here’s your ticket. It’s not super serious, it’s got some pretty comical moments for sure, dark ones too. It is a fantasy novel, cut right from the same cloth most are cut from. There’s a simplicity in that that really allowed me to enjoy the story, because the theme is already a given. The narration isn’t bad, no heavy breathing or anything, fine sound quality as far as I recall. I recommend this title to anyone that loves the genre but needs an escape from the ever present serious overtone.
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- Captain Spanky Of Nazareth
- 2017-06-26
Sophomoric ego-porn for 15-year-old boys
What was most disappointing about Terry Mancour’s story?
Prepare to be told how amazing the main character is... by the main character... every 15 minutes, and while you're at it prepare to be told how this makes getting sex from farm maids (married or not) easy as pie, every 30 minutes... because that's functionally all this is. - Sure there are other elements present, too... but if you genuinely hate sexism, and a protagonist droning on about how great he is, without *EVER* encountering any valid conflict... you won't hear any of the other parts, because your tolerance for unbidden bravado will be filled for the day. You'll also find that if lazy or childish anachronisms bother you, (such as King Arthur calling something 'Hella pimp!' in the 11th century etc.) you'll find this book to be a rainbow of pain. Yes, it is a bit annoying that a wizard in a locale that is still developing siege weapons and crossbows understand particle physics, but that's not the stuff I'm referencing. This person *specifically* invokes the northern California surfer vernacular. He calls people a "tool", and warriors go out to gather "intel". The following is an actual quote, "When my name was called as one of the successful candidates, I was amazed. I'd thought I'd screwed up royally!" - "" -Sincerely, Min, Medieval Wizard at War with all of Goblinkind
The prosecution rests.
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- gamekat
- 2019-12-25
After this, I won't read anything by this auther
Story started out well. Good background on various types of magic. Protagonist develops nicely. He is a skirt chaser, which is fine. But the authors emphasis on the youth (underage) of the skirts he chases is objectionable to me.
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- Mike A
- 2019-12-04
How Did This Even Get Made?
This book desperately needed an editor. Or just a friend to read it before it was printed. It feels like an early work that needed so much polish that it really should have just been rejected. There are glaring mistakes such as sentences that directly conflict with ones right before it. Redundancy galore. The worst of all is the complete lack of ability to use imagery to describe things. "There are no words" "It cannot be described" "I wish I could tell you about it, but I'll do it later perhaps" are all repeated endlessly throughout the book to try and work past this extreme gap in writing ability.
The main character is downright unlikable. He is full of himself, succeeds in everything, somehow both has strong morals and also lacks them, and is EXTREMELY LECHEROUS. To borrow a like from John Lee "I cannot describe" how often the main character made me cringe. Female characters exist solely for him to have sex with them. The character rarely make a mistake and is almost always awesome, so much of the book is them rolling around on godmode.
The author actually does some decent world-building here, which I applaud. That is the one good thing about this book that never should have been. Somewhere in here is a nugget of something that could have been used, had the thing been completely rewritten.
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- nate tait
- 2020-07-25
yikes
The goblins are inferior and covered in black fur and skin. The heroes are intelligent and fair skinned. The women are relegated to to birthing children and raising them. The only women of power is a sex mage. Our protagonist hates women who are unfaithful while constantly cheating on his girlfriend with anyone he meets. In later books he marries her, only to continue to cheat on her every chance he gets.
The world building is fairly good but once I realized it's all a cover for some deeply disturbing sexism and racism I was out. We can do better than this. It would be one thing if the protagonist had an arch where these issues were addressed but they only get worse in the later books.
This author belongs on some red pill message board not audible.
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- W. Lowry
- 2018-03-11
Good story marred
Any additional comments?
A good story reasonably told. I get the impression the story is an excuse for the author's adolescent sexual fantasy, and that distracts from the story in my opinion.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-03-13
Rapey vibes
Although I’ve enjoyed some of the worldbuilding, the main character comments on female anatomy a bit too often to be comfortable (speaking as a male reader here). When that suddenly accelerated into a kiss with a highly questionable level of consent from the female recipient, I immediately stopped listening.
Also, the Audible narrator had exceedingly good enunciation. Although easy to understand, it felt a bit stilted/formal to my ears.
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- Kevin
- 2019-10-05
Mostly Good
Excellent worldbuilding only slightly dampened by a seeming preoccupation with sex. Will be buying Book 2. Recommend to high fantasy fans, but be warned that it gets a little pulpy toward the end.
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- mike_man14
- 2019-12-13
it's like reading a history book
there is next to no action, the story is very dry and its a history
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- JR
- 2020-07-25
Sex Magic. Child Rape. Human Trafficing...
Super creepy justifications and descriptions of our "hero" having sex with and raping minors along with a host of other deplorable actions that the author passes of as perfectly justifiable. This author has some very disturbing fantasies. This book is disgusting.
Don't buy this book. Don't support this garbage.
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