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The Librarian Gladiator
- Tallindran Trilogy, Book One
- Narrated by: Kevin E Green
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
Hamelin, a village separated from the rest of the world, has a deadly problem. Fierce, flying beasts ravage and cull the sparse human population, forcing Hamelins citizens to live within the safety of her boundaries. With no help in sight, the village leaders look to their god, the Provider, for salvation, and they unearth a chilling answer to their problem. The Tournament of the Kindred—a much-celebrated, barbaric event that pits four gladiators against each other in deadly combat.
Winning the Tournament brings rich rewards, fame, and glory to ones bloodline. Losing, however, results in a lethal trip to the Sacrificial Altar for you and all those who share your blood: man, woman, and child. The sacrifice is said to be a blood offering to the Provider for reprievea necessary evil for the greater good of all. Neven Oakfall, adolescent town historian and librarian, is chosen by random draw to fight for the survival of his bloodline.
After a life behind a desk, Neven must find the courage deep within himself to defeat his stronger opponents, for he discovers that much more than the lives of those he loves hangs in the balance. An evil lurks, waiting for its moment to deliver the death blow to the village, and Neven is all that stands in its way, whether he likes it or not.
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- Katrina
- 31-08-24
Great read
This was a fun read. Loved the friendship and banter between Neven, Talpus, and Delgado (apologies if I spelled the names wrong). World building was great with some interesting concepts. And the narration was fantastic. Looking forward to the next book!
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- Colin F
- 24-06-24
Exciting fantasy novel
An interesting story about a young librarian who has great changes thrust upon him. When his life is changed forever after he realises that the world is bigger than he ever dreamed.
This is the first story I have listened to from Dustin, I will definitely be looking forward the his next adventure
With great narration from Kevin Green
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- Adam
- 30-07-24
A wonderful start which sadly falls into stereotypes later
Firstly. I enjoyed this audiobook. The narrator is excellent and the first act was extremely interesting and exciting. Sadly during the first act mention is made of an event which will clearly be the 'big third act set piece' and for all the attempts at world building in the second act I couldn't help but think "let's get a move on to the big third act event!".
Come the third act, come the big event and it was enjoyable but it also then triggered the character stereotypes which you could see coming but I was hoping we could avoid.
Now granted, this is only book one and there's chances that the character stereotypes won't pan out but sadly I'm not hopeful.
I'll start book two with fingers crossed and if you're a fan of fantasy and want a lighter Lord of the rings type vibe story then I can easily recommend this.
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- Jesse
- 05-07-24
Wonderful.
I really enjoyed the story and the narrator. Unfortunately it seems the next book isn't out until next year. That being said, it's still worth a listen.
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- CJ
- 17-08-24
Not your average librarian
The story follows Neven a young librarian whos never really been anywhere or done anything, thinking his entire life is mapped out, but then one night everything changes and his life may be far more valuable than he ever could have imagined.
Enjoyable story with a nice fluid pace to it kept me engaged throughout, as the first of a series its setting the scene/world for us but the pace feels natural not too slow or too fast as it builds to the inevitable climax of events.
Character feel well written and given some depth without going overboard.
Narration was excellent capturing each character with distinct voices and tones etc
I look forward to book 2 when it comes out.
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