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Hawkmaiden
- Spellmonger Cadet, Book 1
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
The Falcon’s Call!
From the moment Dara of Westwood spied the Silver Headed Raptor nesting in Rundeval Peak, the precocious redheaded 12-year-old girl was enchanted. The youngest daughter of the Master of the Wood lived in ramshackle Westwood Hall, in the independently minded Westwood estate of Sevendor. Her determination to capture a baby falcon and train it wasn’t hampered by the fact that Dara had never climbed a mountain, had never been trained in falconry, or even remotely had permission from her father to do it. Dara wanted the falcon...and the only thing in her way was the mountain, an angry mother falcon, and her own fears.
But the daring climb up Rundeval and actually capturing the fledgling falcon is just the beginning of her troubles. Actually learning falconry and training the willful bird is a responsibility she had barely considered. Worse, there is trouble afoot in the domain: A new lord has come to rule over Sevendor and all of her people, replacing the corrupt old Sir Erantal. While everyone welcomes the change, the new lord is a wizard: a magelord, the first of his kind in 400 years: Lord Minalan the Spellmonger. And he’s not alone. He’s brought thousands of oddly dressed Wilderlanders with him, families escaping the wars in the west...and settling in Sevendor.
Within weeks of holding his first court as lord of Sevendor, the wizard's magic begins to cause problems. Magelord Minalan turns Sevendor Castle, the entire mountain of Rundeval, and a good portion of the Westwood - including Dara’s home - into enchanted white stone when a spell goes unexpectedly awry one fateful night. As a result, Dara learns that she, too, may become a mage someday. Soon after she discovers that she can see through her falcon’s eyes and share her thoughts, the talents of a beastmaster, opening up a brilliant new world for her.
The folk of the valley have enough to eat for the first time in a generation, there are wizards all over Sevendor, and the castle glows with a magic light at night. The fortunes of the Westwood estate rise. But the Magelord finds foes as well as friends in Sevendor.
Though prosperity flows from the Magelord’s benevolent rule, the changes are frightening to some who have lost power since the Magelord came. Outside the Westwood, the other natives of the domain are upset by their magical lord and his strange new people, and there are whispers of rebellion. And outside of the domain, the neighboring lords, urged on by sinister forces, conspire to plunge Sevendor into war - with Dara and her family along with it!
What can one girl and her falcon do? When the Magelord leaves on business and his enemies close in on her home, Dara discovers she may hold the answer to saving them all! The fate of the entire domain rests with Dara of Westwood, the girl they’ll call the Hawkmaiden!
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- Simon
- 04-09-20
Surprisingly good coming
Was surprised how well this spin off was from the vivid huge world we all know
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- Ricky
- 08-10-19
Fantastic book with great narration
But please could the narrator learn the difference between a Vilain (a land or farm worker) and a Villain (an evil fictional character) and how they are pronounced differently?
They got it right in the previous books and I’m surprised nobody picked this up in the quality assurance.
Otherwise another superbly written and enjoyable continuation of the spellmonger series
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- Tim
- 24-01-20
Brilliant
Another excellent addition to the spellmonger series. It takes a while to get used to Finty Williams voice if you have come from the original spellmonger series but once you do it’s easy to fall back into the incredible world that Terry Mancour has created.
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- Ryan
- 15-08-19
A great addition to the Spellmonger canon
I thoroughly enjoyed this new perspective. Dara is a great character and her origin story is thrilling.
Flinty did a fantastic job narrating! I really enjoyed the emotion she brings to the performance. Now, after listening to so many books from the main series, I did find certain characters' voices jarring. Fortunately this didn't impact my enjoyment.
I can't wait for the next one!
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- Armstrongs
- 10-05-20
Excellent companion to the Spellmonger series
A good story that sits alongside the spellmonger series. Brings 'Dara's legend to life, while the events of Minalan's escapades unfold in Sevendor.
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- Peter Fletcher
- 14-11-19
Narrator could have listened to the other 10 books
Narrator could have done a tiny bit of research and listened to (or even read) at least one of the previous 10 books! Felt like she was reading it all for the first time, and that's before all of the different pronunciations from the awesome spellmonger series.
Took a while to get into. And I much prefer the main series. But enjoyed seeing things from Dara's pov.
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- Minalan
- 28-08-19
a welcome addition to the series!
really enjoyed seeing the changes to Sevendor through different eyes. I like Dara and her family. Very good performance.
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- Richard McFerran
- 17-10-19
Where do I start...
For those of you who have enjoyed the Spellmonger Series, think about what's on offer.
A series aimed at 10-18 year olds and no John Lee. I had been unsure about listening to this book for a while, in fact, I purchased it once and returned it before I finished the first chapter.
After reading a review that essentially said if you've enjoyed the Spellmonger series, you'll enjoy this, I decided to give it another go.
It was great, Terry Mancour has done an excellent job in writing in a style suitable for his target audience whilst appealing to adults. Fifty Williams does a fantastic job and creates her own style of delivery.
This book is great and I going to start book 2 now. If you take the view that this is a book aimed at a different target audience and written from Dara's perspective, you will probably love it. If you're looking for replication you'll be disappointed.
My Spellmonger world would have remained incomplete if I had not listened to this book :)
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- Richard Bevan
- 24-10-22
Absolutely Brilliant
Loved the new narrator and an excellent story from a interesting new character 😊.
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- England fan 1
- 10-08-19
A wonderful addition to the series
This is a fantastic addition to the series. The writing is first rate, I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this but it's a really good expansion of some of the events of book 3.
Flinty provides fantastic performance and really adds to the overall feel of the book, I would love to hear her and John Lee do these books together.
Thanks to all involved I really appreciate all the hard work you do to bring us such amazing audio books.
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