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What did you like most about Age of Myth?

I love the big universe, the different tribes, how the see each other. There are some great characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Age of Myth?

Stone to the head second time.

Which character – as performed by Tim Gerard Reynolds – was your favourite?

Malcolm is by far my favorite character, and is combined well with Raithe.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The Leadership challange between Zephyron and Lothian

Any additional comments?

The book is a little hard in the beginning, since you are just thrown into a universe, but as you learn about the different tribes, races, battles and so on, the book becomes really interesting, and the end is great!

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New to the series

The story was good. characters were decent. interesting world. I will be listening to more.

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Good story

Slow but predictable in places but a good story passed the time pleasantly enough though

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A great start to a great saga

It’s great to see how it all began and how the story was versus how the “modern” day world remembers/interpreted the history of the world. So many legendary figures being ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Would recommend the entire series.

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Amazing but start with the Riyria Revelations

Absolutely love this series and the world of Elan.

The author notes that you don’t need any prior knowledge of his previous works and can read/listen to them in either chronological or publication order. That is true BUT I highly recommend publication order (or close to it)

Without giving too much away there are reoccurring characters across their series and I think chronological order might ruin some of the later (chronologically) books- it would be too obvious with prior knowledge which, to me, would spoil some of the suspense.

I actually went with- Riyria Revelations, then Legends of the first empire, then rise and fall and then finally Riyria Chronicles.

That worked beautifully because I got the broad narrative sweep and the suspense but when the recurring characters popped up in the Chronicles series (which is more stand alone) it was very satisfying.

Highly recommended both for the plot and the narration. I consumed these like an addict. Just finished the last book and feeling a little bereft now to be honest.

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A great start

This is the first book in what will be a 4-5 book series, set 3000 years before Sullivan's other books. First things first Tim Gerard Reynolds is amazing as always, I'm at the point that I will buy an audiobook purely because he is narrating it.
As for the story, it's a solid start. For a story that forshadows a grand and finely woven tale, the first entry is very straight forward. However there is a clear pathway to expand the story so I still have high hopes for the volumes to come.
The other main point I would like to bring up is the comparison ( which I'm sure Sullivan would hate) between Royce/Hadrian and Malcolm/Raith. The large and only real problem I have is the similarities Raith is written exactly like Hadrian, and because Hadrian has 9 books behind him Raith ends up feeling like a lazy copy. There are far more distinctions between Royce and Malcolm but the partnerships feel to much alike. I do hope he manages to build both of them up to distinct characters.

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AMAZING!

this is possibly the best book I have ever read, the world is so interesting I can't wait to start the next entry in the series. the characters are so fleshed out that o feel like I know them as good as a real friend. and the story is so captivating, the ending was so unexpected but still completely made sense. I loved this book

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A very worthy book for any collection

Very enjoyable, engaging story which the narrator has done an excellent job with.
There is very little that has not been discovered previously in this genre, and that's why I believe the author has done so well with the plot, characters and general feel, which is not too heavy.
The narration really is quite superb, and I can say that without knowing the chap.

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unexpectedly good

I am in so many groups regarding fantasy authors and somehow I have missed this author and all the series.

so I knew nothing going in and was so impressed.
Its a great story. The author's information on how he writes the series is also a wonderful idea.

I will listen to this series and immediately seek out the rest of the books

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Really enjoyed!

In the beginning there was a lot to take in I almost felt overwhelmed and lost in all the characters, it didn’t take long for this feeling to disappear and I was immersed in the story. Can’t wait to start the next one.

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