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  • Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, Book 1
  • Written by: Troy Denning
  • Narrated by: Marty Moran
  • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Written by: Troy Denning
Narrated by: Marty Moran
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Determined to drive a trade route through Anauroch, the Zhentarim have sent an army to enslave the fierce nomads of the great desert. As tribe after tribe fall to the intruders, only a single woman, Rhua, sees the true danger - but what sheik will heed the advice of an outcast witch?

Ruha finds help from an unexpected source. The Harpers, guardians of liberty throughout the Realms, have sent an agent to counter the Zhentarim. If she can help this stranger win the trust of the sheikhs, perhaps he can overcome the tribes’ ancestral rivalries and drive the invaders from the desert.

©1991 TSR, Inc., c. 2011 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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Inelegant, basic

The writing has a repetitive use of pronouns and titles, short sentences, and jot-note structure that make every paragraph a choppy start-stop-start-stop ordeal. It is very ham-fisted when introducing new concepts and lacks "flow" that is essential for audiobooks. This "lack of flow" in the writing is made even worse by the monotone narrator who struggles to place appropriate emphasis or develope individual voices.

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