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A Darkness Returns
- The Dragonwar Saga, Book 1
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
As worlds collide…
Hatushaly, last scion of the Firemane dynasty, his beloved Hava, and their dubious friend Donte have been transported across space and time from the war-torn world of Garn to the relative peace of Midkemia.
There, on Sorcerer's Isle, under the guidance of the magician Magnus and his erstwhile father Pug, in his reincarnated form, Hatu will explore and expand his unique magical abilities.
With the evil Pride Lords defeated, the Church of the One has risen to bring death and destruction to his home world. The Church is sending forces against Marquensas, where Daylon is now king, and Declan Smith finds himself suddenly and unexpectedly raised to the status of prince and war commander.
But an even greater menace than the Church of the One lies in wait, a creature from the Void, bent on the destruction of all living things.
Pug, Nakor and Magnus will need to join forces with Hatu, Hava and Declan if they are to save the worlds of Midkemia and Garn from everlasting darkness…
A spectacular new epic series from the globally bestselling author of MAGICIAN.
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- Rebecca Styles
- 01-09-24
Another Great story
Feist is a legend, I am overjoyed that his recent series has returned to the RiftWar. I both read and listened to this book. I enjoyed the story very much, however this narrator bugged me on the last series, but it’s even worse on this book. Perhaps some of it is the editing or production. My niggles: there are big pauses at the end of sentences AND before reading dialogue tags (‘he said’ etc). I listen in x1.25 speed too; his reading is both too jolly and matter of fact; his range of voices isn’t great.
That saying, I’m an and always will be a massive fan of Feist.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-08-24
Fantastic continuation of an epic saga
Absolutely brilliant read! it's the same voice actor who did the firemane saga and he tells the story well, although I do miss Peter Joyce after listening to him tell pretty much the entire Riftwar series.
After finishing this book it has left me wanting more! I am very much looking forward to the release of this new series.
I will say that if you have not read the Firemane series, then you should read that first as this book ties both worlds together in a continuation of the overall story.
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- Lord
- 23-08-24
being back Peter Joyce
Excellent story. Narrator isn't as good as the old ones, odd pronunciations and inconsistent, not always great voices
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- Tanya Anderson
- 13-09-24
Great story. Narrator needs to learn how to say the names properly
Great story as expected from Raymond. The narrator overall is pretty good and I do t miss Peter Joyce as much as some of the other books not read by him. The most annoying thjng is that the narrator clearly hasn’t been told how to say a number of the names and pronounces them very differently to previous books. It wouldn’t take more than 5 minutes for someone in production to tell him how to correctly pronounce Crydee, Midkemia, Calis, Tomas and many more. It ended up being very distracting. Nakors voice is very jarring.
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- Mr Chris
- 12-08-24
Fiest is back I loved this book from start to finish.
The only thing I would say was not spot on was Nakors voice it was to high pitched and felt very whiney which does not fit with the character.
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- Martin L.
- 21-08-24
lifelong fan
I've been a lifelong fan of feist and especially Pug and all things associated with him and I'm overjoyed to say this listen has not disappointed but has got me excited and now patiently awaiting the next installment. M
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- quiggers486
- 06-08-24
More please!
Great books as always! Interestring new series. Looking forward to the next one....which will hopefully be soon!
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- Neilb
- 23-08-24
Great story, terrible narrator
I absolutely hated the narrator, he constantly mispronounced words and his accents were so annoying. Nakor, my favourite character in previous books, has become an annoying, shrill buffoon. Why don’t narrators listen to previous readings of the series to get a feel for the characters and learn to pronounce some of the place names. I’ve no idea where the Duchy of Criddy is. This narrator almost ruined the whole book for me, but maybe that’s because of the excellent narration of Peter Joyce in the previous books. Apart from that it was good to reconnect with Pug and Magnus and the link between the two world of Garn and Midkemia has been handled well. Can’t wait to see what comes next, hopefully with Peter Joyce as the reader 🤣
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- Ade
- 04-08-24
Enjoyable story with familiar faces. Voice for Nakor was upsettingly bad bring back Peter Joyce
It's nice to see Ray hasn't given up on the world of garn felt like he'd washed his hands of it rushing to get back to midkemia in master of furies. Overall enjoyable tale. Ray as always has found a newer bigger had for his team of heroes to face off again. I must reiterate this narrator does an awful Nakor. Simultaneously irritating and immersion ruining.
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- Jeremy Butler
- 29-08-24
Raymond E Feist
I’ve listened to all, but two of your books you are a true genius loved all the books I’ve listened to. I’ve loved.
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