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A Crown Imperilled
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
The penultimate volume of the mighty Riftwar Cycle. War rages in Midkemia but behind the chaos there is disquieting evidence of dark forces at work. Jim Dasher’s usually infallible intelligence network has been cleverly dismantled; nowhere is safe. He feels that the world is coming apart at the seams and is helpless to protect his nation.
Quiet palace coups are underway in Roldem and Rillanon; and King Gregory of the Isles has yet to produce an heir. In each kingdom a single petty noble has risen from obscurity to threaten the throne.Lord Hal of Crydee and his great friend Ty Hawkins, champion swordsman of the Masters’ Court, are entrusted with the task of smuggling Princess Stephané and her lady-in-waiting, the lovely but mysterious Lady Gabriella, out of Roldem to a place of greater safety. But is there any safe haven to be found?
Meanwhile, Hal’s younger brothers Martin and Brendan are attempting to hold the strategic city of Ylith against an onslaught of Keshian Dog Soldiers, and a mysterious force from beneath the sea. The Kingdom might lose Crydee and recover; but if Ylith falls, all is lost.An unknown player appears to orchestrating these conflicts. Can Pug and the Conclave of Shadows track down this source before Midkemia is destroyed?
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- Sean
- 03-10-16
hard to listen to
after all the previous books read by Peter Joyce,love the story but couldn't wait for it to end,put some effort in john,eagerness ain't enough.
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- Jason Hassett
- 02-06-17
Enjoyable
The majority of this authors books have bee narrated by Peter Joyce so it was bit disconcerting at the start to hear a different narrators take on characters that were already so familiar. Overall I enjoyed the book
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- Ari S.
- 13-04-17
Not bad at all
The narration isn't nearly as bad as some reviewers claim, but I definitely would have preferred Peter Joyce.
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- joe
- 09-09-21
Terrible VO but good build in the storey
The worst VO I've ever heard, it's painful to listen to as he mispronounced basic words and breathes oddly for the sentence structure. Storeys good but hard to get through listening to him. Such a thin and unpleasant voice.
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- JC
- 01-07-19
another great Feist
Another great Feist but, sorry, change in Narrator was a let down. so used to the characterisation and pronunciations... had to continually change mispronunciations in my head.... otherwise great and gripping story line
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-22
What’s all the fuss?
I enjoyed this book just as much as those read by Peter Joyce, so I really don’t see what all the griping about the narrator comes from!? Meagher has a pleasant voice, and after the initial shock of NOT hearing Peter read I just enjoyed the book! I have read a lot of petty comments about this narrator, some of you should be ashamed!
Well done, John!
Geir Valle,
Skien, Norway.
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- Prime Member
- 13-03-24
love the story but the teller is substandard
I have listened to every book in the saga and have enjoyed them all greatly. this one however was difficult to complete as the story teller is almost monotonal in comparison to the previous story teller. very disappointing.
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- Paul Russell
- 20-11-21
Enjoyed the book but didn't enjoy the narrator
i enjoy these books but in this one the narrator isn't that good in my opinion. i miss Peter Joyce.
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- Antonio Goard
- 26-02-20
Story Good, Narrator Awful
A good story ruined by poor narration.
For whatever reason, Peter Joyce doesn’t narrate this book. A real shame because after so many volumes you become used to the style and voices he used and so expect the continuity for the penultimate book.
Instead we get... erm, we get... I don’t know. An amateur. A child-like reader. A narrator who lacks the gravitas to read this book to its fullest potential. It’s a real shame especially given (after a number of chapters fighting to get use to the narration for I couldn’t give up) the importance of the volume and that it was a good story in the end.
The narrator only has a few voices so the more characters that appear in the same scene start to sound the same. Magnus sounds like Keanu Reaves. Wrong. Most females have same voice so hard to tell who’s talking. Sandreena sounds too pathetic and weak. Amirantha sounds little bit simple.
I have given it 4 stars because the story is good and rescues it from being a 3 star. Maybe it’s a 3.5 stars because of the performance of the narrator.
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- Weaver
- 04-08-21
Disappointing
A real shame, another great book that should not have been spoiled by poor narration.
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