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Warmage
- Spellmonger, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: Spellmonger, Book 2
- Length: 27 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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After winning two wars against the Nemovorti, Minalan plans an expedition to The Lost Valley of Anghysbel, in the far north of his realm. It's there, in the caldera of a supervolcano at the edge of the tundra, he suspects many of the answers he so desperately needs might be hidden. The only problem is that thanks to the anti-magical properties of the jevolar, his spells won’t work; he’ll be without magic for the first time since he came into his Talent.
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Too much Fla Fla
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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. And the super-charged shamans of the Dead God are making defending the realm almost impossible for the outnumbered Alshari country knights.
While the two Dukes play feudal politics to further their own ends, the only people who seem to care about the invasion are Minalan and his outlaw warmagi friends - and they're busy dodging agents of the sinister Royal Censorate of Magic.
But if someone doesn't organize an army in Northern Alshar soon, then there will be nothing to stop the armies of the divinely powerful Dead God from conquering all five Duchies in his genocidal quest for vengeance.
But things are just not that simple: He has to cope with a sexy young Shadowmage assasin who works for a mysterious spymaster, a cocky new manservant, a dysfunctional group of suddenly-powerful warmagi, the Censor General, and a bunch of whiny nobles before the Dukes will grant him the troops and money he will need - and the Dukes have plans of their own. If Minalan the Spellmonger can't lobby the courts of Alshar and Castal to work together - and quickly - the hordes of the Dead God will sweep over the frontiers of both states. Worse, the mysterious Umbra veil he has erected around Boval Vale may come to imperil all Five Duchies.
Minalan would rather just go home and let the Dukes handle it, but his conscience won't let him. Someone has to stop the Dead God...and that someone happens to be him. Beyond politics and plots, goblins and trolls, mercenaries and magic, the Soulless and the shamans, Censors and secret orders, for Minalan there is only the thought that his child is to be born in a world with such dangers, and that is something he cannot permit.
It is time for the Spellmonger to pick up his mageblade, summon his allies, and go to war again...as a Warmage!
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- jesse
- 2019-09-26
funny, yet serious, epic yet goofy.
this is an interesting series. funny but serious, goofy yet epic. wizards vs goblins... what side will the dragon be on? who knows? listen to the book to find out.
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- VvMagnusvV
- 2019-09-05
Worth the credit in every way
Narrator is great. Story is funny and does a wonderful job building to the climax.
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- Justin
- 2022-04-17
Irreverent and serious, as it should be
The Spellmonger strikes again! simultaneously serious, clever, sexy, and funny. It's a great time being in Min's head as he forces humanity to do what's right and necessary. I've gotta get myself a witch stone.
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- Brandonn yorke
- 2021-08-03
Love this series narrator is amazing
I grew up reading books like this but because my disability it's hard to read keep focus . The story is never boring and you want to keep listening . I love the narrator he makes you feel your there beside him . Thanks to him o want to buy more he has done . If you like Mages and dragons etc this series is it . Def def love this series
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- Langer
- 2021-07-20
Curiosity Satisfied: Thumbs Down
A friend recommended this Fantasy series to me, so - like many other reviewers - I really wanted to like it. After reading Book 1 and being honestly unimpressed, I still decided to keep at it out of curiosity. Can Terry Mancour turn a fairly weak first book into something interesting?
After all:
• The description of magic use during set-piece battles is the best I have ever read;
•The Dead God Shereul and his hordes of fanatical goblins is a credible threat (with an original "revenge" motive..these are not merely stereotypically bloodthirsty evil foes);
•The dynamic between the nobility in the Five Duchies and the peasantry is intriguing;
•The political strife between the Warmagi and Censorate (a holdover from an ancient rebellion against the 'Magocracy') implies fascinating potential storylines;
•Mancour's Callidore has multiple species and a rich history that could yield really good Epic Fantasy entertainment.
Unfortunately, the answer to my "Can he do it?" question: Nope.
Why?
1. I'm not averse to a little erotica mixed into fiction, but Mancour's preoccupation with sex goes far beyond that. Sex Magic (involving publicly mating for "hours") plays a major plot advance role for some reason.. Minalin (the protagonist) ruts about at every opportunity - while simultaneously declaring his deep love for the peasant wench Alya who he impregnated after a marathon weekend.. there are (Ugh) multiple references to Minalin's big package. Mancour's sex obsession is one step above the "harem" garbage so execrably common in modern LitRPG offerings;
2. The author continually has characters utter peurile colloquialisms (e.g. "He's a Tool"; "He took a Dump") and nonsensical expletives (e.g. "Ishi's Tits!!") that take readers out of the illusion of a fantasy environment;
3. The pacing in this book is genuinely *terrible*. There are looooong stretches of text (hours - I'm not kidding) where nothing happens beyond setting up court intrigue.
4. 'Magelord' uses a quasi-experimental story structure. Alternating chapters tell the story in two timelines in this book - but not with a "flashback" storytelling intent. Creating two almost indistinguishable plots (heavily overburdened with political maneuvering) almost simultaneously - instead of just telling the story linearly - fails miserably..
5. Dude, the singular form of "Magi" is "Magus"
Mancour fancies himself a James Clavell. The fact is he is nowhere near as good a writer as he thinks he is. His vision is clever and entertaining, but there are no Hugo awards in this guy's future.
I have no problems with the narration, however. The above-average reading performance from John Lee is nearly redeeming. His tone, timbre, and voice-acting are impressive. Lee's lilting cadence remains awkward (and setting the playback speed to 1.15X is necessary to render it tolerable), but the production standards from Podium Audio are commendable (this audiobook is easy to listen to for hours).
I bought books 3+4 of the 'Spellmonger' series on the strength of my friend's recommendation, creditable narration, and the tantalizing aspects of Terry Mancour's vision.. but after sitting through this 3/10 effort, I returned them.
I suspect if you really enjoyed Book One ('Spellmonger'), you'll find 'Warmage' worth a Credit - but if you were thinking "meh" (as I was) don't bother.
[Out of respect for my friend's assessment skills, I will give the series one more chance: one of the Novellas - a different format - might improve the experience.. but I'm no longer curious if it will be up to my personal standards. Rather, I'm just hopeful that Mancour will surprise me..]
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- Theodore L.
- 2021-05-09
Book is read sideways.
Someone needs to teach Terry Mancour how to organize a book. It keeps switching back and forth between two seasons. This is actually two books spliced together with alternating chapters. Chapter one should be chapter 9 or 11. Chapter two is actually chapter one, chapter four is chapter two and so forth.
I understand writing flashback chapters here and there when it's important, but half this book is "flashback chapters" and they are all plot relevant in order, not pertaining to what happened the chapter before.
What's worse is that chapter 2 takes place right where book one ends, so all of chapter one you are confused and think that you missed a bunch of stuff.
Also, John Lee the Narrator sounds like a text to speech robot whenever he does any male character, so that also lessons the experience.
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- Andrew
- 2021-04-27
Takes me away to a fantasy world!
Very entertaining! Love the humor, fantasy and characters. Would rate it a 5-star but find that some chapters tend to draw out unnecessary details. Nevertheless, I plan to continue the journey with the book series with excitement!
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- Erik
- 2021-02-03
Author doesn't really know how relationships work.
The Author has some neat idea about magic, but as far women and relationships go, he's a bit delusional. It's random enough that I can roll my eyes and just skip ahead a bit.
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- Chris H.
- 2020-08-07
Excellent book, I really enjoyed it.
Good story, great performance, all around enjoyable. I look forward to continuing the series and seeing where it goes.
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- FarmGirl
- 2020-02-05
Nice world to explore
The first book of this series was a suggestion based on previous purchases. Ordered it, and was pleasantly surprised. Some other reviews mention readers not enjoying the long descriptions and discussions, but I find that they help us understanding the economics and political aspects of Mancour's world, and help with character development.
I find myself laughing out loud in the barn (I listen to Audiobooks while cleaning my horses' stalls), and scared the crap out of the barn cats a few times. the Spellmonger is not the kind of hero that most expect, as he's brutally honest with his weaknesses, and that makes me enjoying him if the way he sees things is not exactly pure and good. Some story lines are predictable I find, but the manner the author takes us to them is entertaining.
I ended up ordering the 4 first volumes, and will likely listen to most of the series as I receive my monthly credits. Some of the volumes seem a little short compared to this one, which makes me a little upset to be spending the same amount of "credit" than on a 30 hour one.
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- quest1177
- 2018-09-21
Great plot. But women are relegated to sexy roles
The author writes an interesting intricate plot. But too centered on one character and way mysogenistic.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-07-29
Juvenile fantasy for the sexually repressed.
The main character is completely unlikable, and a total lech. I wish I hadn't spent a free credit on this garbage.
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- JD_Mrs
- 2018-07-27
I just can't make myself like the main character
I tried. I really did. I love fantasy series and was so excited to discover this one! I appreciated that Minalan didn't take himself too seriously, that is nice in a fantasy hero. That was Book 1. I wasn't crazy about Minalan, but he was tolerable, and I buy audiobooks based partly on length (the longer the better!) so I really wanted to like this series. But then in Book 2, Minalan cheats on his pregnant fiancee. I mean come on! I am all for the flawed hero, but blatant assholery is a no-go. Even cheating and then feeling regretting it is fine. But he was just like "meh, okay."
The things that I didn't like but was willing to put up with until the cheating thing were...the narrator. So breathy. Every female and the older males all sound like they are gasping all the time.
Sex magic? like really? Call me a prude, but throwing something kinky in there just to be kinky is a cheap trick. Authors shouldn't stoop to cheap tricks. Going to return this one with some regrets.
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- Caleb
- 2018-01-21
Great story...confusing way to write it.
What made the experience of listening to Warmage the most enjoyable?
I liked the story and love the characters. Excellent sequel from book 1.
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The way the story was written with 3 months separating the events all in 1st person was confusing and hard to follow. It would have flowed much better chronologically. Great story, don't get me wrong, but I think the author was trying too hard to be clever with the writing style and it did not serve this excellent story justice.
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- Jared
- 2017-07-11
An amazing story, written in a frustrating format
**First off, and to make no misunderstandings, I want to say that I enjoyed this story as a great continuation of the first book. Incoming gripes aside it was still fun and kept me listening, even if at a few points I wanted to grind my teeth in annoyance.**
Ok now with that said let the rant commence.......the format that this book was written in is just damn awful. The story is split between two threads that keep swapping back and forth as both move forward. Where the first book had the occasional flashback to Min's youth to fill in bits about his story and give us something more, the two threads in this book are only about 6 months apart. Maybe this could have worked out if somehow the writer had made it less straight up and open about what happened in the opening parts of the book, and giving him the credit of the doubt perhaps he was trying to keep the political parts of this book interesting by splitting up those sections with battles from later. That is not at all how it ends up working though. If the book had just been a single continuous thread going through and picking up right after the end of the last book there would at least be some suspense or worry about things going on in the political parts. There are chapters of that thread that literally end in lines like "When the cencorate gets here he is literally going to want my head." That in and of itself would be something to worry about....if we didn't already know not a damn thing was going to come of it because he's still alive and fighting a battle in just the last chapter which is some odd months in the future. Is he going to get the courts support? Is he going to get an army to fight back the goblins? What's going to happen if they turn him down? None of these questions have any sway when the other plot thread basically just tells you all you need to know aside from "are they going to win the war". It is so damn frustrating, especially when the story is decently written and has all the right parts just in the wrong places.
So long story short, there is a great story in here, and even as I wanted to pull out my hair I did like seeing where things went in the book. But for the love of all that is holy it just feels like someone took a well planned and finished book, cut it in half then just staggered the chapters for some stupid reason that for the life of me I just don't freaking understand. If and when they roll out the third book, if its written like this again I don't think I will be following on past that though. Personally I'm just praying this was some kind of artistic experimentation that didn't pan out and gets discarded in the series.
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- Denis Sweeney
- 2018-12-04
Thought I'd like it, wanted to like it; didn't
Tedious, meandering detail of magical combat leader, that goes on forever. Listened for hours hoping I'd would pick up or improve, but finally had to stop.
Solid narrator, and subject matter I typically enjoy, but... nope. not for me.
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- Mike W.
- 2018-07-13
no
I gave up. Between his boasting about how good at see he is and the constant repetitions on everything...
the political side Is off as well.
He does do battles well though
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- Stephen Baumann
- 2019-05-28
I think the author needs to talk to women more.
Compared to book 1, this book was significantly better. The story is actually highly engaging and the battles and politics are well gathered. The issue I have is that the main character seems to attract every female in the world and every female seems to use her "womanly woes" with him. It's actually quite irritating and would love to cut out every sex written scene in this book and I'd give it 5. Let's also not forget the copious amounts of cheating by the main character because that's totally cool. The narrator is also lacking. He often changed voices or seems to forget the characters voice and his staccato tone leaves the story feeling bland and all the jokes landing flat. His woman voices are also all the same so that just adds to my gripe with the lack of depth the author gives to the women in this book. I honestly believe he needs to talk to women more because it's heavily drowned in Male fantasy.
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- Skarykid
- 2018-10-03
I needed more!
I wish each of these books were hundreds of pages longer. I also wish i could give the narrator a higher rating than 5.
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- Thomas
- 2017-05-13
Another great one!
Enjoyed this one. Well performed and the writing keeps it interesting and moving along well. I don't think that I can wait for the next audible version and might need to just purchased the hardcopy!
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