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  • The Sapphire Rose

  • The Elenium, Book 3
  • Written by: David Eddings
  • Narrated by: Greg Abby
  • Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (62 ratings)

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The Sapphire Rose

Written by: David Eddings
Narrated by: Greg Abby
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Finally, the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, legendary jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure.

But Bhellion carried dangers of its own. Once the stone came into his hands, Sparhawk found himself stalked by a dark, lurking menace. Whether the foul Zemoch god Azash was behind this threat, or some other enemy, even Sephrenia could not say - only that the sapphire rose held powers too dangerous for any mortal to bear.

Restoring Queen Ehlana would only be the beginning of Sparhawk's mission. With the aid of four stalwart knights, one from each Militant Order, he must thwart Ehlana's poisoner, the Primate Annias, in his plot to assume the throne of the Church. For, as Archprelate, Annias would serve his secret master, Azash, and deliver up to the dread god the one thing Azash thirsted for - Bhelliom itself!

©1991 David Eddings (P)2008 Audible, Inc.

What the critics say

"Eddings should satisfy his many fans with the final volume of his Elenium fantasy trilogy, an adroit mixture of the exalted and the mundane." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Not his best work, but still good

I prefer the belgariad and melllorian series to this one, it was still good and worth a listen, but definitely not as good as his other works. Performance was good and still a good listen

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Is the title supposed to be read out at the start of chapter 11? Very weird on top of a bad and badly read book.

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across decades I still love it.

I read this as a young man and as I am much older now the story hit me in a completely different way.
The narrator did a fantastic job particularly with how many different characters there are...
I loved this again in a whole new way!

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Good but with odd sound choices

I enjoyed the story and the narration was good, if not outstanding. There were also some weird breaks where the audible sting played and music was added for no particular reason.

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Love these series

I could listen to these books all day long theses were the stories I grew up on #Audible1

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