Could do without the commercials throughout it

I love the story! But hated the advertisements that kept coming up! I bought a book not stupid ads!

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Great Voice Acting Ruined By Narrator

I own literally dozens of GraphicAudio titles I bought directly from them over the last 12+ years or so, and have to say that the guy narrating this--Bradley Smith--is by far the worst narrator of one of their titles I ever heard. They had at the time this was produced at least 5 better narrators--one who's since retired. What makes it even worse is this fellow's the director and has several other narrations/directions--he must have dirt on somebody is all I can imagine.

The voice actors are excellent, as is the overall production other than narration, which is almost always what you get with GraphicAudio. Just be aware of Brad Smith narrated titles, and if you avoid them you should be ok.

Still having a hard time believing GraphicAudio let this one be released with this narrator . . .

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As good as the original and refreshingly different

I have six hundred and thirty books in my library and only three are dramatized adaptions. I didn’t think that I’d like them as well as I do with a good single narrator; but I was nicely surprised.

This book was an extra bonus because I was able to go back into one of my all time favorite books and enjoy it all over again. It had a different sound and different emphasis in certain scenes due to the sound affects. The dramatization helped keep this version interesting as opposed to hearing the same book twice. The reverb was mixed into the voices a little to much but you’ll get used to it. The characters voices were similar to what I expected which helped also.
I recommend this to anyone, and say that it’s a must for Michael Sullivan fans.

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Loved it!

I've already listened to this series before but when I saw that it was available as a graphic audio I thought it would be fun to listen to again and I was right! I've actually listened to every book written about Royce and Hadrian (Ryira, Elvish for two 😉). And I think the voice actors nailed it! The voice of Royce was exactly as I would have imagined him. And Hadrian too. Which I really find to be pretty amazing. I didn't have to warm up to their voices at all, they were just right from chapter one! And these graphic audios really are a movie in your mind. The footsteps of someone running up to another person, the music in the background portraying the mood of the scene, the sounds of weather, the sword battles, all brought to life. I give it 5 stars!

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Impressed

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this audiobook. But this is one of my favorite stories and if they did it well then it would be something I would enjoy listening to for a very long time. The audio production is done very well and I enjoyed it very much. Looking forward to listening to more audiobooks produced by Graphic Audio

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Sad whole series wasn’t dramatized.

I’m enjoying the story, but the character development is where this work shines. I truly care about what’s next for many of the characters.
Starting next in series now.

One of the best I have listened to!

Awesome book, and great acting with the narration! If you like medieval stories, this is the book for you. Just make sure you download the "dramatized" version to get better narration.

Loved it!

I Want More!! I enjoy books read by a professional reader. But these books with a troop of readers took it to a whole new level. I will be sad when I have to go back to the other readers. 🫶🏻

Mediocre

Normally when something is rated 4.7, even if the story isn’t my “thing”, I can at least see why it was highly rated. I don’t get it here. The story is ok. The world building lacks the feel of depth and texture that I need to really become immersed in a fantasy novel. Character building is mediocre. Some of the performers were good, some ok, and some terribly over the top. The narrator left something to be desired. The background music was cheesy & I hated it. I may have liked it had it been well done. I think I’d prefer one or 2 good narrators than the full cast unless there’s the budget to get real quality talent bottom to top. Overall, not great, not terrible. I was expecting more given the high rating.

Great pick-me-up

Light, with great characters, good narration and lovely soundtrack. i also liked the twists and turns and humour